Journal article
Teaching Ethics at Drexel: Who, How, and Why?
International studies perspectives, v 13(1), pp 3-6
Feb 2012
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
Although international politics is an area resistant to moral thinking, this paper argues that it is important to ground students in the basics of international ethics. This is true because some of them will become international affairs professionals; but all will be citizens who need the tools to think critically about their nation's foreign policies. Also, ethical thinking provides a very good way to critique mainstream theories of world politics, by calling into question some of their basic tenets, particularly when these are defended as “rational” and thus beyond criticism. Most textbooks, however, pay too little attention to these problems. A few ways to overcome these shortcomings are suggested.
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- Title
- Teaching Ethics at Drexel: Who, How, and Why?
- Creators
- Joel E. Oestreich - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- International studies perspectives, v 13(1), pp 3-6
- Conference
- Teaching Ethics and International Affairs: A Colloquium (2011 annual meeting of the International Studies Association) (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 16 Mar 2011–19 Mar 2011)
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Politics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000298981900002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84855812317
- Other Identifier
- 991019168567004721
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