Risky Inquiry: Developing an Ethics for Philosophical Practice

• Published in: Hypatia Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 275 - 293
• Main Author: Basu, Rima
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Cambridge University Press 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Human subjects; Philosophers; Philosophy; Plagiarism; Research ethics; Risk; Scientific method; Scientists; Social sciences

Philosophical inquiry strives to be the unencumbered exploration of ideas. That is, unlike scientific research, which is subject to ethical oversight, it is commonly thought that it would either be inappropriate, or that it would undermine what philosophy fundamentally is, if philosophical research...