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ERIC Number: EJ387434
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Ethics: The Failure of Positivist Science.
Lincoln, Yvonna S.; Guba, Egon G.
Review of Higher Education, v12 n3 p221-40 Spr 1989
The metaphysical assumptions undergirding conventional (positivist) approaches to research in the social sciences provide a warrant both for deceptive research and for objectifying human research participants. The present status of ethical guidelines for inquiry are reviewed. Special ethical problems typical of naturalistic inquiry are outlined. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Ethics, Higher Education, Legal Responsibility, Naturalism, Naturalistic Observation, Privacy, Social Science Research, Standards, Trust (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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