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- Title
Ethics, Values and Morality in Contemporary Library Classifications.
- Authors
Mai, Jens-Erik
- Abstract
This paper explores the ethics of classification. The paper outlines recent conceptual moves in knowledge organization research and shows that contemporary classification theory is based on a pragmatic understanding of the world. It suggests that unjust statements and assumptions about the world challenge contemporary library classifications and that a proper response is needed. It outlines a framework for the development of ethical classifications based on MacIntyre's practice-based ethical theory. It provides a framework within which editors and managers of library classifications can make ethically sound decisions.
- Subjects
CLASSIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE management research; LIBRARY research; PROFESSIONAL ethics; CLASSIFICATION of books
- Publication
Knowledge Organization, 2013, Vol 40, Issue 4, p242
- ISSN
0943-7444
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/0943-7444-2013-4-242