The Ethics of Creativity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction: The Crossroads of Creativity and Ethics

   1. Introduction: The Crossroads of Creativity and Ethics

      • Seana Moran

      Pages 1-22

3. What Are the Moral Mental Mechanisms Involved in Creativity, and How Do They Develop?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. The Development of Moral Imagination

      • Darcia Narvaez, Kellen Mrkva

      Pages 25-45

   3. Moral Craftsmanship

      • Mark Coeckelbergh

      Pages 46-61

   4. Creativity in Ethical Reasoning

      • Robert J. Sternberg

      Pages 62-74

   5. Moral Creativity and Creative Morality

      • Qin Li, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

      Pages 75-91

   6. Creative Artists and Creative Scientists: Where Does the Buck Stop?

      • James Noonan, Howard Gardner

      Pages 92-115

4. When, How, and Why Does Creativity Lead to Positive or Negative Ethical Impacts—or Both?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. A Creative Alchemy

      • Ruth Richards

      Pages 119-136

   3. License to Steal: How the Creative Identity Entitles Dishonesty

      • Lynne C. Vincent, Jack A. Goncalo

      Pages 137-151

   4. Engineering, Ethics, and Creativity: N’er the Twain Shall Meet?

      • David H. Cropley

      Pages 152-169

   5. Construction or Demolition: Does Problem Construction Influence the Ethicality of Creativity?

      • Daniel J. Harris, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Gina Scott Ligon

      Pages 170-186

   6. Intelligent Decision-Making Technology and Computational Ethics

      • Anthony Finn

      Pages 187-202

5. What Role Does Ethics Play in Supporting or Thwarting Creativity?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203

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   2. Creative Transformations of Ethical Challenges

      • Vera John-Steiner, Reuben Hersh

      Pages 205-220

   3. The Hacker Ethic for Gifted Scientists

      • Kirsi Tirri

      Pages 221-231

   4. The Dialogic Witness: New Metaphors of Creative and Ethical Work in Documentary Photography

      • Charlotte Dixon, Helen Haste

      Pages 232-249

   5. Neglect of Creativity in Education: A Moral Issue

      • Arthur Cropley

      Pages 250-264

   6. The Ethical Demands Made on Leaders of Creative Efforts

      • Michael Mumford, David R. Peterson, Alexandra E. Mac, Thomas A. Zeni, Seana Moran

      Pages 265-278

The Ethics of Creativity illuminates the thorny issues that arise when novel creative ideas collide with what we believe to be 'right' or 'good'. This book tackles questions of when creativity and ethics tend to coincide and when conflict, and how both might be harnessed to support a brighter future for all.

• Creativity
• Ethics
• conflict
• creativity
• development
• education
• ethics
• Howard Gardner
• identity
• James C. Kaufman
• morality

• Clark University, USA

  Seana Moran

• University of South Australia, Australia

  David Cropley

• University of Connecticut, USA

  James C. Kaufman

Mark Coeckelbergh, University of Twente, The Netherlands Arthur Cropley, University of Hamburg, Germany Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Claremont Graduate University, USA Charlotte Dixon, Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA Anthony Finn, University of South Australia, Australia Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA Jack Goncalo, Cornell University, USA Daniel Harris, University of Nebraska Omaha, USA Helen Haste, University of Bath, UK, and Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA Reuben Hersh, University of New Mexico, USA Vera John-Steiner, University of New Mexico, USA Qin Li, Claremont Graduate University, USA Gina Scott Ligon, University of Nebraska Omaha, USA Alexandra E. MacDougall, University of Oklahoma, US A Kellen Mrkva, University of Colorado-Boulder, USA Michael D. Mumford, University of Oklahoma, USA Michelle Murphy, University of South Australia, Australia David R. Peterson, University of Oklahoma, USA Darcia Narvaez, University of Notre Dame, USA James Noonan, Harvard Graduate School of Education, USA Roni Reiter-Palmon, University of Nebraska Omaha, USA Ruth Richards, Saybrook University and Harvard Medical School, USA Robert J. Sternberg, University of Wyoming, USA Kirsi Tirri, University of Helsinki, Finland Lynne Vincent, Vanderbilt University, USA Thomas A. Zeni, University of Oklahoma, USA

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