Rethinking social work ethics
What is the real question? Responding to Stephen Webb's ‘Against difference and diversity in social work’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12608963 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jim Jose (0000-0002-6872-3665, University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 246-252 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-6866 • E-ISSN: 1468-2397 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2009.00710.x |
| OpenAlex | W2163369926 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
Jose J. Rethinking social work ethics: what is the real question? Responding to Stephen Webb's ‘Against difference and diversity in social work’ Int J Soc Welfare 2010: 19: 246–252 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. In his recent article, Stephen Webb argued that the real question for social work ethics concerns ‘recognising the Same and of restoring the principles of equality and social justice’. This argument also included raising questions about what should be considered an appropriate philosophical basis for progressive social work ethics. In his view, social work's emancipatory potential has been blunted by overstated and philosophically ill‐informed human rights claims about difference and diversity. He suggested that French philosopher Alain Badiou offers social workers a ‘set of conceptual devices for rethinking social work ethics’. I argue that pressing his points into Badiou's philosophical mould is unlikely to lead to a progressive social work practice, let alone solve the issues identified by Webb. Badiou's philosophical pronouncements about ethics are of questionable value and offer little or no assistance to social workers seeking to establish an ethical grounding for their professional practice
Argument (complex analysis · Diversity (politics · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Social philosophy · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Democracy
Pathologies of power
Global Covenant
Rights talk
Democracy and the global order
Democracy and Human Rights
Human Rights in Global Politics
Rethinking Human Rights
Human Rights and Capitalism
Democracy and Difference
Making Sense of Human Rights
Rethinking Human Rights for the New Millennium
Against difference and diversity in social work
The Philosophy of Human Rights
Democracy Against Capitalism
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2015 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |