Professional Ethics

Running head : Ethics and special education

Article summary-Ethics and special education

Special education is under constant attacks from both outside and inside sources . External challenges are from costs and accountability while the internal challenges are from differences in perspective and the nature and representation of knowledge . This summaries the article Ethics and special Education written by Paul , James , French , Peter Cranston-Gingras and Ann in 2001

Special education is viewed differently based on the political and social context . The current special education system has drawbacks like lack of foundation , continuity and

it relies too much on ethical issues arising in classroom discussions . Moreover the current system depends heavily on psychological principles rather than the actual problems in special education . Though lot of the special education schools were established by revolutionary leaders earlier , their values as a system of care is still questioned by critiques

The current special education system is theoretically wrong and also it is not supported by enough researches . Shortage of special education teachers and also the increased local control instead of a centralized control is evident in special education sector

Choice morality ' or the principle based ethics is the main concern in the special education sector . Freedom of choices is limited in special education sector . The teachers were forced to follow certain patterns defined for special education . Immanuel Kant and John Rawls argued for the morality in choice selection while other philosophies like utilitarian argues for the outcomes of the choices selected

Another concern is character morality...