Philosophical Psychology

, volume 22 , issue 6 , pages 711-725

Do ethicists steal more books?

Eric Schwitzgebel

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2009-12-12

Taylor & Francis

Philosophical Psychology

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SJR: 0.809

CiteScore: 3.0

Impact factor: 2.1

ISSN: 09515089, 1465394X

DOI: 10.1080/09515080903409952

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Applied Psychology

Philosophy

Abstract

If explicit cognition about morality promotes moral behavior then one might expect ethics professors to behave particularly well. However, professional ethicists’ behavior has never been empirically studied. The present research examined the rates at which ethics books are missing from leading academic libraries, compared to other philosophy books similar in age and popularity. Study 1 found that relatively obscure, contemporary ethics books of the sort likely to be borrowed mainly by professors and advanced students of philosophy were actually about 50% more likely to be missing than non-ethics books. Study 2 found that classic (pre-1900) ethics books were about twice as likely to be missing.

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