Ethics and the University brings together two closely related topics, the practice of ethics in the university ("academic ethics") and the teaching of practical or applied ethics in the university. This volume is divided into four parts: * A survey of practical ethics, offering an explanation of its recent emergence as a university subject, situating that subject into a wider social and historical context and identifying some problems that the subject generates for universities * An examination of research ethics, including the problem of plagiarism * A discussion of the teaching of practical ethics. Michael Davis explores how ethics can be integrated into the university curriculum and what part particular cases should play in the teaching of ethics * An exploration of sexual ethicsEthics and the University provides a stimulating and provocative analysis of academic ethics which will be useful to students, academics and practitioners.
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Ethics and the University provides a stimulating and provocative analysis of academic ethics which will be useful to students, academics and practitioners.
PART I Introduction 1 The ethics boom, philosophy, and the university 2 Academic freedom, academic ethics, and professorial ethics PART II Research ethics 3 The new world of research ethics: a preliminary map 4 Science: after such knowledge, what responsibility? 5 University research and the wages of commerce 6 Of Babbage and kings: a study of a plagiarism complaint PART III Teaching ethics 7 Ethics across the curriculum 8 Case method 9 A moral problem in the teaching of practical ethics 10 Sex and the university
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ISBN
9780415180979
Publisert
1998-12-17
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Routledge
Vekt
498 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
288
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