Are ethics and creativity in conflict? What tensions exist between them, and what responsibilities do they hold to one another?

1. Kelly Moran
ETHICS AND CREATIVITY
February 19, 2016
Creative Mornings - Dallas
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a set of studies,a set of studies,
— https://hbr.org/2015/11/why-creative-people-are-more-likely-to-be-dishonest
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a set of studies,a set of studies,
— https://hbr.org/2015/11/why-creative-people-are-more-likely-to-be-dishonest
@Kel_Moran

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— https://hbr.org/2015/11/why-creative-people-are-more-likely-to-be-dishonest
@Kel_Moran

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— https://hbr.org/2015/11/why-creative-people-are-more-likely-to-be-dishonest
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8. Kelly Moran
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10. QUESTION:
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11. QUESTION:
When you're
working in a
creative capacity,
do ethics ever get
in the way?
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12. QUESTION:
Are they ever
not relevant?
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15. REAL-LIFE
SCENARIOS
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16. QUESTION:
Are ethics and
creativity in
conflict?
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17. QUESTION:
What is creativity?
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18. (Gosh, thank you LifeHack.org)
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22. QUESTION:
What are ethics?
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23. - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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24. They’re more what you’d call
guidelines.
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27. There appears to be some tension, in
that creativity eschews the traditional
and upholds the innovative, while
ethics, often, leans toward something
we might describe as established; set.
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28. Creativity is also often a disruptor,
while ethics are an upholder - so to
have the perfect forms of each in one
person without conflict would seem
impossible.
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29. QUESTION:
Are creativity and
ethics in perpetual
conflict?
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31. Better
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34. Create something Create change
Create a difference Have an impact

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Create a difference Have an impact

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37. Have an impact

39. …to make the world
gentler, more
beautiful, or more
thoughtful.
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43. QUESTION:
What responsibility
does creativity
have to the matter
of ethics?
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46. “The production of art, its role in public conversation,
its preservation, and its presentation, all
provoke us to confront ethical challenges…”
“We are committed to inspiring innovative thought
by using creative expression to elevate moral discourse;
bringing together communities
while prompting ethical dialogue between students, artists,
scholars, and the general public.”
— Emory University Center for Ethics as part of their Ethics & the Arts Initiative.
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— https://hbr.org/2015/11/why-creative-people-are-more-likely-to-be-dishonest
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— https://hbr.org/2015/11/why-creative-people-are-more-likely-to-be-dishonest
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51. Better
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52. I’m betting on you.
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Kelly Moran
ETHICS AND CREATIVITY
February 19, 2016
Creative Mornings - Dallas
My thanks to Daniel Sanchez for his
detailed attention to this slide deck

54. @Kel_Moran
Kelly Moran
ETHICS AND CREATIVITY
February 19, 2016
Creative Mornings - Dallas
My thanks to Daniel Sanchez for his
detailed attention to this slide deck