Ethics Teaching in Higher Education

A concern for the ethical instruction and formation of students has always been a part of American higher education. Yet that concern has by no means been uniform or free from controversy. The centrality of moral philosophy in the undergraduate curriculum during the mid-19th Century gave way later d...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Callahan, Daniel (Editor), Bok, Sissela (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1980, 1980
Edition:1st ed. 1980
Series:The Hastings Center Series in Ethics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Teaching of Ethics in the American Undergraduate Curriculum, 1876–1976
  • I General Issues in the Teaching of Ethics
  • 2 Goals in the Teaching of Ethics
  • 3 Problems in the Teaching of Ethics: Pluralism and Indoctrination
  • 4 What Does Moral Psychology Have to Say to the Teacher of Ethics?
  • 5 Evaluation and the Teaching of Ethics
  • II The Teaching of Ethics in the Undergraduate and Professional School Curriculum
  • 6 The Teaching of Ethics in American Higher Education: an Empirical Synopsis
  • 7 The Teaching of Undergraduate Ethics
  • 8 The Teaching of Ethics in Undergraduate Nonethics Courses
  • 9 Professional Ethics: Setting, Terrain, and Teacher
  • III Topics in the Teaching of Ethics
  • 10 Paternalism In Medicine, Law, and Public Policy
  • 11 Whistleblowing and Professional Responsibilities
  • IV Summary Recommendations on the Teaching of Ethics
  • 12 Hastings Center Project on the Teaching of Ethics: Summary Recommendations