Ethical Responsibilities of Textbook Publishers - 2 views
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arnie Grossblatt on 03 Oct 13In light of demands by the State of Texas for biology textbooks with "balanced" treatment of evolution. "So here's the missing piece: what about the textbook companies? When this issue is discussed, the publishers are talked about as if they have no agency, no ability to affect the outcome of these events. But they're morally culpable for participating in these farces. If they wanted, they could stand up to the state of Texas. So how can the people who work at a publisher in good conscience agree to write a biology textbook that treats evolution as a wild, unsupported idea?