Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Houts, Arthur C
• Krasner, Leonard
• Garfield, Sol L

Titel

Slicing the ethical Gordian Knot: A response to Kitchener

Ist Teil von

• Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 1980-02, Vol.48 (1), p.8-10

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Psychological Association

Erscheinungsjahr

1980

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Replies to R. F. Kitchener's argument that behavior therapists have adopted ethical relativism. The problem of ethical relativism is traced to a philosophy of science that creates a logical paradox between facts and values. Radical naturalism is one solution to the paradox and does not necessarily lead to relativism. Other possible solutions to the paradox are reviewed, and a position labeled "critical dualism" is suggested. (21 ref)