Ethics Across the Curriculum—Pedagogical Perspectives

417 Pages·2018·4.191 MB·English

by  Elaine E. Englehardt, Michael S. Pritchard

Elaine E. Englehardt
Michael S. Pritchard Editors
Ethics Across
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Perspectives
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Ethics Across the Curriculum Pedagogical
Perspectives
Elaine E. Englehardt Michael S. Pritchard
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Ethics Across the
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Curriculum Pedagogical
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Editors
ElaineE. Englehardt Michael S. Pritchard
UtahValley University Western Michigan University (Emeritus)
Provo, UT Kalamazoo,MI
USA USA
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Elaine E. Englehardt and Michael S. Pritchard
Part I The Changing Landscape in Teaching Ethics
The Evolution of Ethics Education 1980–2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Deni Elliott and Karlana June
Moral Theory in Ethics Across the Curriculum?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Michael Davis
Identifying Learning Objectives and Assessing Ethics Across the
Curriculum Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
David T. Ozar
Increasing the Moral Sensitivity of Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Deborah S. Mower
Aiming Professional Ethics Courses Toward Identity
Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Glen Miller
The Role of Teaching Ethics in Teaching Ethics Across
the Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Alan Tomhave and Mark Vopat
Part II Teaching Challenges
Teaching Practical Ethics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Elaine E. Englehardt and Michael S. Pritchard
Ethics Theory and Ethics Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Christopher Meyers
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Developing Habits of Moral Reflection: Dewey, Moral Inquiry,
and Practical Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Alan A. Preti
The Occupational Imperative: Engaging the Professions
in Teaching Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Lisa H. Newton
Internecine Strife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Wade L. Robison
Philosophy’s Role in Ethics Across the Curriculum: Failures,
Successes, and Suggestions for the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Phyllis (Peggy) Vandenberg
Part III Topics Across the Curriculum
Research Ethics Education Changing the Culture of Science and
Engineering: Past is Prologue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Brian Schrag
Ethics Across Early Childhood Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Michael D. Burroughs
Promoting Reasonableness: Science Teachers as Moral
Educators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Michael S. Pritchard
Sustainability Ethics Across the Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Randall Curren
Ethics Bowl: An Approach to Implementing Ethics Across the
Curriculum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Robert F. Ladenson
Linking Academic Integrity and Ethics Across the Curriculum:
Groundwork for Sustainability in Practical and
Professional Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Daniel E. Wueste
Part IV Institutional Programs
Ethics Across the Curriculum at Utah Valley University . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Elaine E. Englehardt
Designing an EAC Program for the School of Life Sciences
at Arizona State University: Early Initiatives and Lessons
from the Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Karin D. Ellison, Challie Facemire and Joseph R. Herkert
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The Impact of Ethics Across the Curriculum at Union College,
2006–2017. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Robert Baker
The Ethics Across Campus Program at the Colorado
School of Mines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Sandy Woodson and Qin Zhu
Ethics Across the Curriculum at Dartmouth College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Aine Donovan
Ethics Across the Curriculum at UPRM: A Roadmap
for STEM Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
William J. Frey and José A. Cruz-Cruz
Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
Elaine E. Englehardt is a Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Professor of
Philosophy at Utah Valley University (UVU). She received her Ph.D. from the
UniversityofUtah.Shehaswrittenanddirectedsevenmulti-year,nationalgrantsin
the area of Ethics and Ethics Across the Curriculum. One grant founded Ethics
Across the Curriculum at UVU and another funded the Society for Ethics Across
theCurriculumandthejournalTeachingEthics.SheisaSEACBoardMemberand
with Michael Pritchard was co-author of the journal Teaching Ethics. She has
authored ten textbooks. She has written numerous peer-reviewed articles and ten
chapters. She has served in various administrative positions.
Michael S. Pritchard isEmeritusProfessorofPhilosophyandformerCo-director
oftheCenterfortheStudyofEthicsinSocietyatWesternMichiganUniversity.He
receivedhisPh.D.inPhilosophyfromtheUniversityofWisconsin.Hereceivedhis
B.A.fromAlmaCollege,Michigan.HeteachescoursesinEthicalTheory,Practical
Ethics, Professional Ethics, 18th Century British Philosophy, and Philosophy for
Children. For seven years, he served as co-editor, with Elaine Englehardt of
TeachingEthics,theofficialjournaloftheSocietyforEthicsAcrosstheCurriculum.
He is a Founding Board Member for SEAC. Among his publications are: On
BecomingResponsible(Kansas,1991);CommunicationEthics(Wadsworth,1994),
with James Jaksa; Reasonable Children (Kansas, 1996); Professional Integrity
(Kansas, 2007); Ethical Challenges of Academic Administration (Springer, 2010),
edited with Elaine Englehardt, Kerry Romesburg, and Brian Scrag; Taking Sides:
Business Ethics, 11th edition (McGraw-Hill, 2011), edited with Lisa Newton and
Elaine Englehardt; Engineering Ethics (Wadsworth, 5th edition forthcoming in
2013),withC.E.Harris,ElaineEnglehardt,andRayJames;andObstaclestoEthical
Decision-Making(Cambridge2013),withPatriciaWerhane,LauraHartman,Crina
Archer, and Elaine Englehardt. He has been awarded several National Science
FoundationandNationalEndowmentfortheHumanitiesgrantsinvariousareasof
ethics including researchethics.
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Contributors
Robert Baker earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota
and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Albany Medical College. He serves on the
editorial board of Bioethics, holds the William D. Williams Professorship in
Philosophy at Union College where he directs the college’s Ethics Across the
Curriculum initiative, and is Founding Director and Professor of Bioethics in the
Bioethics Program of Clarkson University and the Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai. A four-time National Endowment for the Humanities awardee and a
HastingsCenterFellow,ProfessorBakerhaswritten,edited,orco-editednumerous
books including The American Medical Ethics Revolution (Johns Hopkins
UniversityPress)andTheCambridgeWorldHistoryofMedicalEthics(Cambridge
University Press). Oxford University Press published his most recent book, Before
Bioethics: A History of American Medical Ethics. His current project, A Theory of
Moral Revolutions: A Study of Transformations in the Morality of Abortion,
Euthanasia,andOurTreatmentofDyingandtheDead,willbepublishedbyMIT
University Press.
Michael D. Burroughs is Director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics and Assistant
Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Bakersfield. He is also
Vice President of the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization. He spe-
cializes in ethics education, philosophy of education, community engaged philos-
ophy, and social and feminist epistemology. More information on his current
projects, research, and teaching can be found on his Web site.
José A. Cruz-Cruz has a B.S. in Computer Engineering, an M.S. in Information
Management, and a Ph.D. in Intelligent Business Systems. Presently, he is a
Professor of Information Systems in the College of Business Administration at the
UniversityofPuertoRicoatMayagüez.Forovereighteenyears,hehasparticipated
in and led workshops for faculty from all disciplines in Ethics Across the
Curriculum (EAC). He was the Principal Investigator of “Collaborative
Development of Ethics Across the Curriculum Resources and Sharing of Best
Practices”,anNSFgrantdesignedtopromotethedevelopmentandsharingofEAC
best practices. He was also part of the team that led efforts resulting in ACBSP
accreditation for UPRM’s College of Business Administration.
Randall Curren is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of
Rochester, New York. He was the Ginny and Robert Loughlin Founders’ Circle
Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, for
2012–2013,andwasnamedProfessorintheRoyalInstituteofPhilosophy,London,
and Chair of Moral and Virtue Education in the Jubilee Centre for Character and
VirtuesattheUniversityofBirmingham,England,for2013–2015.Heistheauthor
of Aristotle on the Necessity of Public Education (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000),
first author of Living Well Now and in the Future: Why Sustainability Matters
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(MITPress,2017)andPatrioticEducationinaGlobalAge(UniversityofChicago
Press,2018), andeditorofthe CompaniontoPhilosophyofEducation(Blackwell,
2003).
Michael Davis is Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Ethics in the
ProfessionsandProfessorofPhilosophy,IllinoisInstituteofTechnology,Chicago,
IL 60616.Amonghis recent publications are: ThinkingLike anEngineer (Oxford,
1998); Ethics and the University (Routledge, 1999); Conflict of Interest in the
Professions (Oxford, 2001); Profession, Code, and Ethics (Ashgate, 2002); Actual
Social Contract and Political Obligation (Mellen, 2002); Engineering Ethics
(Ashgate, 2005); Code Writing: How Software Engineering Became a Profession
(Center fortheStudy ofEthicsintheProfessions,2009);andEthics andtheLegal
Profession,2ndedition(Prometheus,2009).Since1990,hehasreceivedfourgrants
from the National Science Foundation to help integrate ethics into technical cour-
ses. Email: [email protected]
Aine Donovan is a Professor of Business Ethics at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of
BusinessandtheDirectorEmeritaoftheDartmouth’sEthicsInstitute.Herresearch
focus is on all areas of applied ethics, but especially the emerging issues in the
intersection of business and medicine. Prior to her appointment at Dartmouth, she
wasaProfessorofEthicsattheUnitedStatesNavalAcademywhereshewastasked
with creating a new center for military ethics and a required ethics course for all
midshipmen. Her current research project at the Tuck School of Business is a
collaborative venture that explores notions of the common good and economic
development in Mississippi.
Deni Elliott holds the Eleanor Poynter Jamison Chair in Media Ethics and Press
PolicyattheUniversityofSouthFlorida,St.Petersburg.SheisCoordinatingPIon
the National Ethics Project, which is funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation and the Spencer Foundation.
KarinD.Ellison’sresearch,teaching,andprogramdevelopmentactivitiesspanthe
areasofresearchethics,ethicseducationdevelopment,andthehistoryofAmerican
science and technology. As Director of the Life Science Ethics Program with the
School of Life Sciences, she coordinates opportunities for students, faculty, and
staff to learn about and reflect on the ethical dimensions of advances in the life
sciences and life science research. Working with colleagues at the National
Academy of Engineering and ASU on an NSF-sponsored project, she is leading
enhancement of life and environmental science ethics education materials for the
Online Ethics Center. She also fosters graduate education at ASU through her
positions as interim program chair of the Masters in Applied Ethics and the
Professions and as Associate Director of the Center for Biology and Society.