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Ethicists' courtesy at philosophy conferences

Eric Schwitzgebel Correspondenceeschwitz@ucr.edu
,
Joshua Rust
,
Linus Ta-Lun Huang
,
Alan T. Moore
&
Justin Coates
Pages 331-340
Published online: 06 Sep 2011

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Abstract

If philosophical moral reflection tends to promote moral behavior,
one might think that professional ethicists would behave morally
better than do socially comparable non-ethicists. We examined three
types of courteous and discourteous behavior at American
Philosophical Association conferences: talking audibly while the
speaker is talking (versus remaining silent), allowing the door to
slam shut while entering or exiting mid-session (versus attempting to
close the door quietly), and leaving behind clutter at the end of a
session (versus leaving one's seat tidy). By these three measures,
audiences in ethics sessions did not appear to behave any more
courteously than did audiences in non-ethics sessions. However,
audiences in environmental ethics sessions did appear to leave behind
less trash.

Keywords:

EthicsEthics ProfessorsEtiquetteMetaphilosophyMoralityMoral Behavior
PhilosophersPsychology of PhilosophySociology of Philosophy

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Anita Silvers and Dom Lopes.

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