Wrocław, Poland

Ethics for Teachers

Etyka dla nauczycieli

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Ethics for Teachers at Uniwersytet DSW

Language: Polish Studies in Polish
Subject area: humanities
University website: www.dsw.edu.pl/english

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Ethics
Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. The term ethics derives from Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ethikos), from ἦθος (ethos), meaning 'habit, custom'. The branch of philosophy axiology comprises the sub-branches of ethics and aesthetics, each concerned with values.
Ethics
An ethic gone wrong is an essential preliminary to the sweat shop or the concentration camp and the death march.
Simon Blackburn, Being Good (2001)
Teachers
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, Ch. 20, "Failure".
Teachers
A little bench of heedless bishops here,
And there a chancellor in embryo.
William Shenstone, The School Mistress, Stanza 28.
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