Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Teaching Ethics Ecologically: Decision-Making through Narrative. |
| Authors: |
Beever, Jonathan1 |
| Source: |
Teaching Ethics. Fall2016, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p195-206. 12p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Motivation (Psychology), *Empathy, *Education, Environmental ethics, Narratives, Epistemics, Ethical decision making |
| Abstract: |
Narrative based real world case examples are powerful tools by which to help learners more empathetically engage the complexity of ethical conflicts and interactions, enabling clearer analysis of ecological ethical issues and overcoming apathy toward real-world responses. In this paper, I develop ecological ethical inquiry as a means by which to use narrative-based case studies to help ethicists connect to and empathize with other morally relevant individuals. I argue that ecological issues not only benefit from but also require a narrative approach because of ethical and epistemic complexity. I first describe the problem of apathy toward motivation given the ethical and epistemic complexity in ecological ethics contexts; then, I offer a case study in ecological ethics that draws out this complexity; and finally, I point out several caveats concerning the conclusions I have drawn. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
