1st Edition
The Evolution of Ethics in America Standards Born of Crises
Chapter 1. Introduction
The Human Dynamics of Law, Ethics, and Morality
Contravening Ideological Perspectives and Moral Judgment
Chapter 2. Due Process: The Ethics of Social Justice
Genesis of Institutionalized Racism in America
The Adversarial Justice Model
Jim Crow Justice
Social Justice and Legal Ethics
Chapter 3. Informed Consent
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
American Eugenics Movement
Prisoners: Cheaper Than Chimpanzees
COVID and College Consent Contracting
Chapter 4. Duty to Disclose
Regulating Advances in Medicine
The Sampling Dilemma: Students, Prisoners, and Veterans
Case Study: The Boston VA Valproate Acid Experiment
The Opioid and Coronavirus Crises and Their Antecedents
Chapter 5. Duty to Warn and Report
The Duty to Warn: Exceptions to Client’s Right to Confidentiality
Duty to Report
Chapter 6. Cruel and Unusual
The Prevalence of Systemic Racism
International Conventions Against Torture
America’s Torturous History from the 1950s to Post-9/11/01
The Continued Use of Torture – The Gulf War Era
Chapter 7. Abuse of Privilege
Social Stratification and Elitism
Institutionalized and Systemic Sexism
Education and Privilege: The Socialization of the Elite
The Mechanism of Privilege and Entitlement
Privilege, Entitlement, and "Sexploitation"
Chapter 8. Ethics During the Trump Era
Introduction
Toward an Understanding of the Mechanism of Social Divisiveness
Ethical Consequences for Pathological Lying
Border Justice
The COVID Crises
Selected Bibliography
Index
Biography
Laurence Armand French has a Ph.D. in sociology (criminology)/social psychology from the University of New Hampshire-Durham; a postdoctorate in minorities and criminal justice education from SUNY-Albany; and a Ph.D. in educational psychology and measurement/cultural psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology from Western New Mexico University and is currently an affiliate professor of justice studies, college of liberal arts, University of New Hampshire. He has also taught at HBCU facilities (Prairie View A&M University; Grambling University) and is widely published in the areas of minorities and social justice.
