Supervision As Moral Activity
Abstract
What is the relationship between supervision and morality? Or to be more precise: What role and function may morality have in supervision? This paper argues that framing this relationship as an issue of professional ethics is insufficient. Morality in supervision is not only a case of the supervisor’s professional ethics. An alternative conception, it is further argued, is supervision as a moral practice or activity. Such an understanding gives moral theory a more prominent place in supervision. The formulation of relevantmoral theory, however, cannot be outsourced to academics. It has to be a joint communicative enterprise between theory that is developed in practice and in an academic setting.
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