In:
Teaching Ethics, Philosophy Documentation Center, Vol. 21, No. 2 ( 2021), p. 161-174
Abstract:
The goal of this article is to offer a three-step approach for a systematic discussion on the procedures, roles, and responsibilities of ethics centers. First, we identify three levels of responsibility: scientific, organizational/institutional, societal/global. Second, we propose that justice (as outlined in the concept of Sustainable Development), contextual pluralism, and a process orientation serve as normative foundations for developing ethics centers’ mission. Third, we outline and emphasize the crucial role that teaching plays in the work of ethics centers, as well as in other academic (and non-academic) institutions. As an overarching perspective, we suggest two complementary kinds of approaches for the role of ethics especially in scientific research: i) ethics becoming a constitutional part of any research (and teaching) project. ii) specific in-depth interdisciplinary projects with ethics being the research (and teaching) topic.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1544-4031
DOI:
10.5840/tej2022314104
Language:
English
Publisher:
Philosophy Documentation Center
Publication Date:
2021
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