Teaching Ethics in Religious or Cultural Conflict Situations: a Personal Perspective
Author(s)
Benari, GiliKeywords
bridging tacticsethics teaching in conflict situations
Israel
multicultural conflict
multireligious conflict
GE Subjects
Economic ethicsBioethics
Labour/professional ethics
Technology ethics
Medical ethics
Health ethics
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This article portrays the unique aspects of ethics education in a multicultural, multireligious and conflict-based atmosphere among Jewish and Arab nursing students in Jerusalem, Israel. It discusses the principles and the methods used for rising above this tension and dealing with this complicated situation, based on Yoder's `bridging' method. An example is used of Jewish and Arab students together implementing two projects in 2008, when the faculty decided to co-operate with communities in East Jerusalem, the Arab side of the city. The students took it upon themselves to chaperon the teachers who came to watch them at work, translate, and facilitate interaction with a guarded and suspicious community. This approach could also be relevant to less extreme conditions in any inter-religious environment when trying to produce graduates with a strong ethical awareness.Date
2009-07Type
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SAGE-10.1177/0969733009104607ISSN-0969-7330
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0969733009104607
DOI
10.1177/0969733009104607Copyright/License
SAGE Publicationsae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/0969733009104607