Journal article
Towards an ethics platform for tourism
Annals of Tourism Research, Vol.32(4), pp.962-984
2005
Abstract
Ethical distinctions inform all human actions and decisions. On inspection, however, dominant paradigms in tourism scholarship are imbued with the myth of objectivity and thus ignore the ethical dimension. Since the four platforms of scholarship were first published in 1990, a representation of one of the most value-based concepts of this time, sustainable development, has been embraced; a fifth platform has emerged to dominate the rhetoric of tourism praxis. However, this paper argues that a sixth platform, an ethics platform, is needed to interrogate the morality of the positions taken in policy, planning, development, and management. These platforms are proposed against a background of environmental ethics and global political economy.
Details
- Title
- Towards an ethics platform for tourism
- Authors/Creators
- J. Macbeth (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Annals of Tourism Research, Vol.32(4), pp.962-984
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press
- Identifiers
- 991005540372007891
- Copyright
- © 2005 Elsevier Ltd.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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