The Ethics of Teaching and Scientific Research

by Hook, Sidney

• ISBN13: 9780879750688
• ISBN10: 0879750685
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1977-06-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

This volume contains the deliberations of over twenty thoughtful and distinguished scientists, philosophers, and jurists on the ethics of teaching and the ethics of research.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Teaching About Politics as a Vocation	p. 2
Facts, Values, and Responsible Choice	p. 23
The Problem of Indoctrination	p. 29
Teaching and the Shaping of Souls	p. 37
The Ethics of Teaching Political Science: Another Perspective	p. 43
Objectivity in Education	p. 49
Objectivity and Indoctrination	p. 53
Objectivity and Biased Skepticism in Higher Education	p. 61
Faculty and Standards of Ethical Conduct	p. 72
Faculty Codes and Professional Responsibility	p. 83
Legal Ethics and the Ethics of Law Teaching	p. 87
Legal Ethics: a Problem of Role Definition	p. 93
Legal Ethics and the Adversary System	p. 99
Academic Freedom and Professional Responsibilities	p. 117
The Ethics of the Art of Teaching	p. 125
The Scope and Promise of Science	p. 130
The Ethics of Research: a Case History and Its Lessons	p. 135
The Fallout of the Legal Mind in Research	p. 161
The Scientific Versus the Adversary Approach in Bio-Medical Research	p. 165
An Ethical Approach to Bio-Medical Research	p. 169
Ethical Principles and National Security Research	p. 175
An Engineer's Approach to the Ethics of Research	p. 179
Rejoinder Dr. Hibbs and the Ethics of Discussion	p. 187
Wanted a Rational Decision Procedure for Value Conflicts in Science	p. 191
The Ethics of Free Inquiry	p. 203
Contributors	p. 208
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