A ética dos professores de ética

Isto me lembrou os professores que ensinam ética contábil (disciplina obrigatória na graduação): um estudo com 417 professores, publicado no Philosophical Psychology, sendo 151 com professores de ética, encontrou que não existe muita diferença entre eles. O estudo, feito por um estudante europeu, perguntou aos professores sobre diversos tópicos (doação de órgãos, caridade e outras atitudes) e como eles se comportavam em cada categoria. As perguntas exigiam respostas de 1 (muito imoral) a 9 (muito moral).

There were some differences in views—ethicists had more stringent expectations than other professors on donating to charity, but were more lenient on the immorality of theft, and staying in touch with their mothers. But the researchers found no significant difference in moral behavior. For example, ethicists on average said a professor should donate 6.9% of their annual income to charity per year, versus non-philosophers’ recommendation of 4.6%, and other philosophers’ suggestion of 5.1%. But when it came to following through on this moral guidance, there was no gap: Ethicists reported donating 4.6% of their annual salary to charity in the past year, compared to non-ethicist philosophers’ 4.6% and non-philosophers’ 4.4%.


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