There are two words in "research ethics": research and ethics. It might be argued that each term has a meaning that is distinct from what their combination entails (i.e.: "research qua research has little to do with research ethics," and "ethics qua ethics has little to do with research ethics"). By being different concepts, thus, the specific analysis of each is irrelevant to a history of research ethics as a whole. However, I would want for The Timeline to be a place where we can study the meaning of both terms and their combined form in their different historical contexts.
In particular to the theme of Philosophy, the questions we can study pertain to the nature or broader context of ethics. The point here is, simply, that, throughout human history, different moral theories have been developed. In different historical periods, therefore, research would have been conducted following different sets of ethical values. With this, the present theme can track stories on the development of new theories of morality.
There is a concern that this theme becomes too burdensome. History of philosophy is, after all, a field of inquiry of its own. Furthermore, there is no need for The Timeline to try to replicate the astonishing work captured by HOPWAG (see link below). Whilst the theme might capture some stories pertaining to epistemology and ontology, it should serve as a prompt to develop stories that help us avoid the terrible first slide of the average research-ethics course:
"There are three ethics: virtue ethics, deontology and consequentialism 🤪"
Philosophy in general and ethics in particular are by no means creations of the imaginings of people who lived on the European continent. The complex and diverse moral systems that have emerged throughout history - good and evil - all have a role in our current world; namely, as providing teachings for our own ethical conduct.
Take a look at the magic that is @HistPhilosophy's amazing podcast and books. (Although I started The Timeline only recently and under some bizarre circumstances, I can't help but think that Peter Adamson's History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps was at the back of my mind when I did start, and certainly serves as an ambitious benchmark!)
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There are two words in "research ethics": research and ethics. It might be argued that each term has a meaning that is distinct from what their combination entails (i.e.: "research qua research has little to do with research ethics," and "ethics qua ethics has little to do with research ethics"). By being different concepts, thus, the specific analysis of each is irrelevant to a history of research ethics as a whole. However, I would want for The Timeline to be a place where we can study the meaning of both terms and their combined form in their different historical contexts.
In particular to the theme of Philosophy, the questions we can study pertain to the nature or broader context of ethics. The point here is, simply, that, throughout human history, different moral theories have been developed. In different historical periods, therefore, research would have been conducted following different sets of ethical values. With this, the present theme can track stories on the development of new theories of morality.
There is a concern that this theme becomes too burdensome. History of philosophy is, after all, a field of inquiry of its own. Furthermore, there is no need for The Timeline to try to replicate the astonishing work captured by HOPWAG (see link below). Whilst the theme might capture some stories pertaining to epistemology and ontology, it should serve as a prompt to develop stories that help us avoid the terrible first slide of the average research-ethics course:
Philosophy in general and ethics in particular are by no means creations of the imaginings of people who lived on the European continent. The complex and diverse moral systems that have emerged throughout history - good and evil - all have a role in our current world; namely, as providing teachings for our own ethical conduct.
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Take a look at the magic that is @HistPhilosophy's amazing podcast and books. (Although I started The Timeline only recently and under some bizarre circumstances, I can't help but think that Peter Adamson's History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps was at the back of my mind when I did start, and certainly serves as an ambitious benchmark!)