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In this article we, the current editors of Teaching Ethics, give a basic overview of the goals, purpose, and contribution of the journal Teaching Ethics. This proceeds in three sections. First, we look at the stated purpose of the journal and the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. Second, we briefly discuss six areas of clear benefit offered by Teaching Ethics. Finally, we briefly discuss our view of the journal and the importance of the diversity of disciplines that are represented in the journal.
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This comes from the website of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum, http://www.rit.edu/~w-ethics/seac/, last accessed June 14, 2017.
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Though this can be found in numerous places, including every issue of the journal, a natural place is the website for the current publisher of the journal, the Philosophy Documentation Center, https://www.pdcnet.org/tej, last accessed June 14, 2017.
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This list is by no means exhaustive. Many of these issues may already be discussed by other chapters in this volume.
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This debate has included the following articles in Teaching Ethics: Henderson (2002), Harris (2009a, b, 2011), Davis (2009, 2010) and Gert (2010). This debate has also spread beyond Teaching Ethics, with the former editors of Teaching Ethics publishing a contribution to the discussion in International Journal of Applied Philosophy: Englehardt and Pritchard (2013). The debate has continued in many other journals as well. Further, the discussion continues with recent scholarly work, including a paper at the annual meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) in Dallas in February, 2017, with a presentation by Valerye Milleson, titled “On the Obligation to Use Moral Theory in Teaching Professional Ethics.”.
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Tomhave, A., Vopat, M. (2018). The Role of Teaching Ethics in Teaching Ethics Across the Curriculum. In: Englehardt, E.E., Pritchard, M.S. (eds) Ethics Across the Curriculum—Pedagogical Perspectives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78939-2_7
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