Taking flight: trust, ethics and the comfort of strangers

Anne Pirrie, James MacAllister, Gale Macleod

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    Abstract

    This article explores the themes of trust and ethical conduct in social
    research, with particular attention to the trust that can develop between the
    members of a research team as well as between researchers and the
    researched. The authors draw upon a three-year empirical study of
    destinations and outcomes for young people excluded from alternative
    educational provision. They also make reference to a contemporary
    exposition of Aristotle’s writing on friendship in order to explore two
    sets of relevant distinctions that have a bearing upon our understanding of
    relationships that emerge in the context of social research projects. These
    distinctions are between impartiality and selectivity on the one hand, and
    between universality and particularity on the other. The authors attempt to
    demonstrate that these distinctions influence the development of trust and
    the conduct of ethical research, arguing
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)33-44
    Number of pages11
    JournalEthics and Education
    Volume7
    Issue number1
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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