Ethics and the university / Michael Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Michael, 1943-

Series:

Professional ethics.

Professional ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Ethics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

Ethics.

Research--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Research.

Sexual ethics--United States.

Sexual ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Series editor's preface; Introduction; The ethics boom, philosophy, and the university; Academic freedom, academic ethics, and professorial ethics; Research ethics; The new world of research ethics: a preliminary map; Science: after such knowledge, what responsibility?; University research and the wages of commerce; Of Babbage and kings: a study of a plagiarism complaint; Teaching ethics; Ethics across the curriculum; Case method; A moral problem in the teaching of practical ethics; Sex and the university; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-33077-5

1-134-67750-2

0-203-02988-7

0-203-15981-0

1-134-67749-9

9780203029886

OCLC:

56946730