Research Catalog

Title

The ethics of creativity / edited by Seana Moran, David Cropley, James C. Kaufman.

Publication

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Additional Authors

• Moran, Seana, 1967-
• Cropley, David.
• Kaufman, James C.

Description

xvi, 325 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"What effect does creativity have on individuals, groups and societies, and on the fundamental values on which they base their actions and institutions? What constitutes good and evil, right and wrong, and how does creativity disrupt these beliefs? This book brings together an impressive collaboration of thinkers from several countries and disciplines to illuminate the thorny issues that arise when novel ideas and products brought forth by creativity collide with the rules and norms of what we believe to be right or good. This book tackles questions of why most people claim to love creativity yet, in practice, may quash creative intentions, how creative innovations can create new ethical problems, when creativity and ethics tend to coincide and when they tend to conflict, and how both creativity and ethics might be harnessed to support a brighter future for all."--back cover.

Subject

• Creative ability > Moral and ethical aspects
• Ethics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. I What Are the Moral Mental Mechanisms Involved in Creativity, and How Do They Develop? -- 1. The Development of Moral Imagination / Kellen Mrkva -- 2. Moral Craftsmanship / Mark Coeckelbergh -- 3. Creativity in Ethical Reasoning / Robert J. Sternberg -- 4. Moral Creativity and Creative Morality / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- 5. Creative Artists and Creative Scientists: Where Does the Buck Stop? / Howard Gardner -- pt. II When, How, and Why Does Creativity Lead to Positive or Negative Ethical Impacts---or Both? -- 6.A Creative Alchemy / Ruth Richards -- 7. License to Steal: How the Creative Identity Entitles Dishonesty / Jack A. Goncalo -- 8. Engineering, Ethics, and Creativity: N'er the Twain Shall Meet? / David H. Cropley -- 9. Construction or Demolition: Does Problem Construction Influence the Ethicality of Creativity? / Gina Scott Ligon -- 10. Intelligent Decision-Making Technology and Computational Ethics / Anthony Finn -- pt. III What Role Does Ethics Play in Supporting or Thwarting Creativity? -- 11. Creative Transformations of Ethical Challenges / Reuben Hersh -- 12. The Hacker Ethic for Gifted Scientists / Kirsi Tirri -- 13. The Dialogic Witness: New Metaphors of Creative and Ethical Work in Documentary Photography / Helen Haste -- 14. Neglect of Creativity in Education: A Moral Issue / Arthur Cropley -- 15. The Ethical Demands Made on Leaders of Creative Efforts / Seana Moran -- pt. IV Horizons -- An Ethics of Possibility / Seana Moran -- Summary: Creativity and Ethics---Two Golden Eggs / Seana Moran.

ISBN

• 9781137333537
• 1137333537
• 1137333529
• 9781137333520

OCLC

• ocn864093263
• 864093263
• SCSB-5743600

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries