Summer 2001, Fri. Ethics in psychology . Oxford University Press. To introduce students to the APA ethics code, a common set of values upon which psychologists build their professional and scientific work 2. To introduce students to the basic concepts of moral philosophy, upon which all ethics codes are based to a greater or lesser extent.
Ethics codes are applications of moral philosophy.
We will also touch upon the cutting edge of current day moral philosophy, i.e, naturalized ethics, the implications of cognitive science for moral theory. To help students personalize their professional ethics, i.e., make them more internal than external. To provide students with a more sophisticated understanding of the complexities and ambiguities of ethical problems. This is important because formulating rules of action and making decisions about values is an ongoing project for an evolving society. It is a project in which all of us, especially psychologists, participate.