TY - JOUR
T1 - Values, choices, responsibilities
T2 - thinking beyond the scholarly place of ethics for the GIScience and technology profession and GIScience
AU - Harvey, Francis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - To help ethical issues gain traction in geographic information technology education, this article proposes that the education of GIScience and technology professionals go beyond abstract scholarly ethics to applied approaches based on practical wisdom. The main point for educators made in this paper is that applied ethics' focus on values, choices, and responsibilities helps students and professionals understand the significance of knowledge and science, their potential contributions, and possible roles – values, choices, and responsibilities. An interpretation of Aristotle's practical wisdom as moral skills and moral wills provides the foundation for developing pedagogical strategies including Davis' seven-step approach.
AB - To help ethical issues gain traction in geographic information technology education, this article proposes that the education of GIScience and technology professionals go beyond abstract scholarly ethics to applied approaches based on practical wisdom. The main point for educators made in this paper is that applied ethics' focus on values, choices, and responsibilities helps students and professionals understand the significance of knowledge and science, their potential contributions, and possible roles – values, choices, and responsibilities. An interpretation of Aristotle's practical wisdom as moral skills and moral wills provides the foundation for developing pedagogical strategies including Davis' seven-step approach.
KW - GIS
KW - GIScience
KW - applied ethics
KW - case study
KW - ethics
KW - professionalization
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U2 - 10.1080/03098265.2014.956299
DO - 10.1080/03098265.2014.956299
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907786165
SN - 0309-8265
VL - 38
SP - 500
EP - 510
JO - Journal of Geography in Higher Education
JF - Journal of Geography in Higher Education
IS - 4
ER -