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Should ethics professors observe higher standards of behavior?

  • Written by Judith Stark, Professor of Philosophy, Seton Hall University
imageDoes teaching ethics come with obligations?lentina_x, CC BY-NC-SA

This is an enduring dilemma in the area of ethics and one that has recently come to light with charges of unethical behavior brought against a prominent philosopher, Professor Thomas Pogge of Yale University. Pogge has been accused of manipulating younger women in his field into...

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