Teaching ethical thinking in a technical writing course
Abstract
A rationale and description are presented for an approach to teaching ethics, as a process rather than a product, in a technical writing course. The students carry out a series of related assignments based on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). The intent is that by writing and speaking about SDI technologies, students will develop the ability to form responsible value judgments in addition to doing factual reporting. To develop their sense of ethical reasoning, they are encouraged to use generalizations that evaluate the subject rather than just describe it. It is suggested that this method of raising ethical awareness could easily be adapted for use in professional seminars.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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- 1989-06-01
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- 10.1109/47.31600
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Grove (1995)IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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Markel (1993)IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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