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Despite the fact that the human being is at the centre of psychological inquiry and that the delineation of the conditions of a happy life is one of the leading concerns of psychology, the question of ethics occupies a peculiar position within contemporary academic psychology. Psychologists are guided by a code of ethics elaborated and legitimized by their profession, and most college degrees in psychology will include a course on ethical issues, the ethical issues raised by the practical aspects of conducting the business of psychotherapy, or developing the methodological procedures for experimental research. However, as Callender notes, at present, ethics in psychology is ‘rather like the ethics of medical practice i.e. something that informs practice in important ways, while remaining distinct from the actual procedures that are carried out’ (Callender 2002: 184).
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See, for example, J. Bourke’s study Fear: A Cultural History, Cambridge UP, New York, 2006.
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See the original article: N. Scheper-Hughes, ‘The Primacy of the Ethical: Propositions for a Militant Anthropology’, in H.L. Moore & T. Sanders (eds.), Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 2006, pp. 506–513, pp. 510–511. Cited in D. Epston, ‘Michael’s Intellectual Projects’, viewed 7 May 2010, http://www.dulwichcentre.com.au/michael-white-archive.html#David_Epston.
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Vassilieva, J. (2016). Narrative Ethics. In: Narrative Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49195-4_6
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