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Article: Journal of Youth Studies: Aristotle meets youth work: A case for virtue ethics.(Brief article)
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- Youth Studies Australia
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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In recent years, many youth peak bodies and professional youth work organisations have been working to produce and implement codes of ethical practice for youth work. This paper investigates the question, "what kind of ethical ideas provide the best guide for contemporary youth work?" Limitations inherent to two of the most dominant modern ethical theories, utilitarianism and deontic ethics, make these theories unsuitable as guides for ethical youth work practice. Instead, virtue ethics is put forward as a more appropriate guide for ethical youth work practice and the ...