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Revised November 7, 2024


Applied Ethics Resources for Geoscience Students and Professionals


Defining key terms and ideas used in applied geoscience ethics



Terms


agent, moral agent, agency

Agency article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Agency from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


altruism

Altruism article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Altruism from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


applied ethics

video resources (external to this website):
 • Applied Ethics from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


appropriation and attribution

video resources (external to this website):
 • Appropriation and Attribution from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


bounded ethicality

video resources (external to this website):
 • Bounded Ethicality from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


bias — bias: cognitive bias

video resources (external to this website):
 • Cognitive Bias from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


bias — bias: confirmation bias

video resources (external to this website):
 • Confirmation Bias from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


bias — bias: conformity bias

video resources (external to this website):
 • Conformity Bias from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


bias — bias: implicit bias

Implicit Bias article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • What is Unconscious Bias? from The Ethics Centre via YouTube
 • Implicit Bias from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


bias — bias: in-group/out-group bias

video resources (external to this website):
 • In-group Out-group Bias from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


bias — bias: overconfidence bias

video resources (external to this website):
 • Overconfidence Bias from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


bias — bias: self-serving bias

video resources (external to this website):
 • Self-serving Bias from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


cognitive dissonance

video resources (external to this website):
 • Cognitive Dissonance from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


common good

The Common Good article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.


conflict of interest

video resources (external to this website):
 • Conflict of Interest from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


consequentialism

Consequentialism article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Consequentialism from The Ethics Centre via YouTube


corporate social responsibility

video resources (external to this website):
 • Corporate Social Responsibility from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


corruption

Corruption article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Corruption from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


deontology (duty ethics)

Deontological Ethics article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Deontology from The Ethics Centre via YouTube
 • Deontology from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


dignity

Dignity article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.


egoism

Egoism article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.


ethical fading

video resources (external to this website):
 • Ethical Fading from Ethics Defined, UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


ethics

video resources (external to this website):
 • What is Ethics? from The Ethics Centre via YouTube
 • Ethics, Morality, & the Law from The Ethics Centre via YouTube
 • Ethics from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


fiduciary duty

video resources (external to this website):
 • Fiduciary Duty from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


hedonism

Hedonism article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Hedonism from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


integrity

Integrity article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Integrity from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


justice

Justice article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Justice from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


moral or morals

The Definition of Morality article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Ethics, Morality, & the Law from The Ethics Centre via YouTube
 • Morals from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


moral reasoning

Moral Reasoning article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Moral Reasoning from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


obedience to authority

Legal Obligation and Authority article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Obedience to Authority from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


respect

Respect article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.


social contract

video resources (external to this website):
 • Social Contract Theory from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


sustainability

video resources (external to this website):
 • Sustainability from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


trust

Trust article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.


truth

Truth article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.


utilitarianism

(also see consequentialism)

Act and Rule Utilitarianism article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Utilitarianism from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


values

video resources (external to this website):
 • Values from Ethics Defined UT-Austin McCombs B-School via YouTube


virtue ethics

Virtue Ethics article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

video resources (external to this website):
 • Virtue Ethics from The Ethics Centre via YouTube




Online Ethics Glossaries

Other References

Martin, M.W., and Schinzinger, R., 2005, Ethics in Engineering [4th edition]: Boston, McGraw-Hill, 339 p., ISBN 0-07-283115-4.




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