IMAGINATION, CREATIVITY AND FREEDOM: THINKING RELATIONAL ETHICS IN SOCIAL WORK

Authors

  • Raquel Marta City University of New York – College of Staten Island

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/tsg-gsw.v4i7.2013

Keywords:

serviço social, imaginação, filosofia, ética, ética do acontecimento, social work, imagination, philosophy, ethics, ethics of the event

Abstract

Underlining the fundamental forms of subjectivity implicit on the of social work intervention, this article explores different contributions to contemporary social ethics. The work of the German philosopher Fichte provides a starting point from which to incorporate imagination and freedom in ethical thinking. The act of creative invention is not a solitary act, but developed in and through the relation with the Other. In this relation, attention to the context, to the moment and uniqueness of the ethical event are also considered as contributes to the social worker ethical thinking and action.

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Author Biography

Raquel Marta, City University of New York – College of Staten Island

Raquel Marta earned her Ph.D. in Social Work from the distinguished ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute, in Portugal, where she has taught before join Social Work Program at City University of New York – College of Staten Island as Assistant Professor. She has also worked for twelve years in the private nonprofit sector as a social worker specializing in implementation of Harm Reduction Policies and macro social work practice. Her research explores the intersections of transdisciplinarity knowledge and research, environmental sustainability, complex thought, trans formative social science, ethics, improvisation and creativity and issues of emotion and communication in social work practice.

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Published

2014-12-24

How to Cite

Marta, R. (2014). IMAGINATION, CREATIVITY AND FREEDOM: THINKING RELATIONAL ETHICS IN SOCIAL WORK. Trabajo Social Global-Global Social Work, 4(7), 58–74. https://doi.org/10.30827/tsg-gsw.v4i7.2013

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