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A case for the interdisciplinary course on practical professional ethics David Molyneaux 24 April 2008
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A case for the interdisciplinary course on practical professional ethics. David Molyneaux 24 April 2008. Approach today. My interest The widespread interest in professional ethics The importance of practical application Academic benefits / what a course might look like - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A case for the interdisciplinary course on practical professional
ethics
David Molyneaux
24 April 2008
Approach today
My interestThe widespread interest in professional ethicsThe importance of practical applicationAcademic benefits / what a course might look
likeProfessions that might be coveredPotential objectionsExample of a ‘scenario’
Professional Ethics ~ a brief survey
Business ~ a decade of discoveryMedical professionClergyMilitaryPublic lifeVoluntary sectorAccountancy & FinanceAcademics
Importance of practicality
“Empty is the argument of the philosopher by which no human disease is healed; for just as there is no benefit in medicine if it does not drive out bodily diseases, so there is no benefit in philosophy if it does not drive out the diseases of the soul”
Epicurus, (Text 124)
Academic benefits / a prospective course
Third / fourth or second year?Aim to develop students ability to
assimilate, appreciate and frame across a range of experiences
Aim to be cross-disciplinary Linkages to career choiceHelp build a network for achieving alumni
A potential objection
Is this putative course about ‘descriptive’ or ‘normative’ ethics?
Cannot be value freeCan contrast personal and professionalBring in external experts ~ universalising
A possible example ‘scenario’
Course development issues
