Ars cooperativa naturae. ethical contingencies across medicine and education: A case study

Abstract

Since the 1970s the utility and efficacy of medical ethics curricula in undergraduate programs have received heightened world-wide attention. During this time, an "ethics boom" occurred designed to counter the disappearance of ethics education and the marginalization of moral education from higher education. This "boom", witnessed in most professional programs, is also notable for its absence from teacher education programs in Australia and the US. Whilst there is a clear gap in the ethics literature for teachers, the large number of investigations in medical ethics has still not resolved uncertainty in relation to ethics education outcomes, effectiveness of teaching methods, effects of back..