Creativity: Ethics and Excellence in Science - Couverture rigide

Martin, Mike W.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0739120530 ISBN 13 : 9780739120538

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2007

Synopsis

Creativity explores the moral dimensions of creativity in science in a systematic and comprehensive way. A work of applied philosophy, professional ethics, and philosophy of science, the book argues that scientific creativity often constitutes moral creativity—the production of new and morally variable outcomes. At the same time, creative ambitions have a dark side that can lead to professional misconduct and harmful effects on society and the environment.

In this work, creativity is generally defined as the development of new and valuable outcomes such as significant truths, illuminating explanations, or useful technological products. Virtue and accompanying ideals are emphasized as a moral framework. Intellectual virtues, such as love of truth, intellectual honesty, and intellectual courage, are themselves moral virtues. Further moral topics concerning scientific creativity are explored: serendipity and its connection with moral luck, the paradoxes of moral motivation, scientific misconduct arising from unbalanced creative ambitions, forbidden knowledge, creative teaching and leadership in science, and the role of scientific creativity in good lives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mike W. Martin is professor of philosophy at Chapman University. He is the author of twelve books, including Ethics in Engineering (McGraw-Hill) and Meaningful Work: Rethinking Professional Ethics (Oxford).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739120530
• ISBN 13: 9780739120538
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 162
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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