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There is a widely held assumption that the appeal of novelty, the rewards of discovery and the beauty of artistic expression provide their own rewards and constitute a claim for the human capacity for goodness. In celebrating these contributions to our lives, we seldom examine the possibility that such a creative contribution can also pose a serious threat to our very survival. In this chapter, we explore the ethics of choices that accompanied creative contributions in three different historical settings.
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John-Steiner, V., Hersh, R. (2014). Creative Transformations of Ethical Challenges. In: Moran, S., Cropley, D., Kaufman, J.C. (eds) The Ethics of Creativity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137333544_12
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