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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Moral Sensitivity Training - A Systematic Review |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Series Name | SSRN |
| Number | 4551778 |
| ISSN | 1556-5068 |
| Number of Pages | 49 |
| Date | 2023 |
| Abstract Text | Moral sensitivity is one of the most important educational goals in the ethical domain. This paper offers a first review of attempts to train moral sensitivity from 1979 to 2018, including 45 studies. The studies were reviewed using a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses. Our results show that longer courses are generally more successful in fostering moral sensitivity. However, this effect is relatively small. What ultimately appears to have mattered most, was whether learners received personal feedback on their awareness to ethical issues. Training methods that appeared to be of little value in promoting moral sensitivity including problem-based learning, the discussion of papers and texts (seminars) and a strong focus on critical thinking and challenging existing perspectives. A further major implication of our results is that reviews of ethics training ought to differentiate between learning outcomes (e.g., moral sensitivity vs. reasoning). |
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| Digital Object Identifier | 10.2139/ssrn.4551778 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:24232 |
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| Keywords | moral sensitivity, ethical sensitivity, moral awareness, systematic review, ethics education |