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Knight, A. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8478-9656,
2020.
Professional ethics and a call for philosophical literacy.
Think, 19 (54), pp. 37-47.
ISSN 1477-1756
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Abstract
It could be argued that there is now a crisis of confidence in the professions. Although many professionals individually undertake their roles with care and diligence, there have been so many systematic failures involving professionals across a range of sectors, both in the UK and globally, that the special status enjoyed by the professions is being widely questioned. In this article, I argue that recent cases are symptomatic of a lack of ethical reasoning in professional practice, yet professions enjoy an elevated status based on claims that ethics, typically communicated in codes of conduct, are central to their purpose. I argue that to help solve this crisis, philosophical literacy needs to be promoted in school, initial professional education and continuing professional development. Passing tests to superficially demonstrate an understanding of a code is quite different from reasoning through practical dilemmas in the professional workplace with judgements informed by philosophical ideas.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Think | ||||||
| Creators: | Knight, A. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
| Date: | 2020 | ||||||
| Volume: | 19 | ||||||
| Number: | 54 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1477-1756 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment | ||||||
| Record created by: | Linda Sullivan | ||||||
| Date Added: | 30 Apr 2020 10:29 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2020 10:29 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/39765 |
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