Ethics, not economics, should shape the academic enquiry

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Subject: Ethics, not economics, should shape the academic enquiry
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi (tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de)
Date: Mon 08 May 2000 - 05:04:53 MEST 

Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 05:04:53 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: Ethics, not economics, should shape the academic enquiry

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Dear Prof. Scheidlinger Zygmunt, et. al.,

On Sat, 6 May 2000, Scheidlinger Zygmunt wrote:
> Intelligent action should be taken in every case, electronics does not
> form an exception. Crazy, irresponsible use of automobiles may also
> cause a lot of harm and nevertheless nobody dares to abolish their use.
> Ethical categories are not related to tools. Any tool may be a curse or
> a blessing, it depends for what purpose it is used.

On the issue of Ethics..
In the Academe -January/February 2000 issue, Robert Bellah --a Elliott
Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley,
and a co-author of "Habits of the Heart" (1985) and "The Good Society
(1992)..wrote an article on "The True Scholar. In his article, he expressed
some concerns on "Ethics" --In the Age of Money, self-interest dominates
the academy. But it may not explain how the world works. Perhaps it is the
time to reconnect scholarship to morality. He also expressed thoughts of
philosophers, Immanuel Kant, Plato and Aristotle & highly intelligent
philosopher, Alasdair MacIntyre on ethics.

Reference:--
<http://www.aaup.org/JF00Bell.htm>

Thanking you!
Sincerely
Arun Tripathi

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