An alternative ethics for research: Levinas and the unheard voices and unseen faces |
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Authors: | Saskia Vermeylen Gordon Clark |
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Institution: | 1. Law School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKsaskia.vermeylen@strath.ac.uk;3. Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK |
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Abstract: | AbstractSome social scientists have criticised the workings of research-ethics committees on the grounds that their biomedical model is ill-suited to some social-science research in both practical and philosophical terms. In this paper we review these criticisms and propose an alternative approach to pre-research ethical review that is based on the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas. |
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Keywords: | Research ethics ethical review Levinas the Other |
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