CAN INFORMATION LITERACY DEVELOP INTELLECTUAL HONESTY?

Kathleen Lourdes Obille UP School of Library and Information Studies

Abstract

The article shows the reflections on whether information literacy can develop intellectual honesty among users of the library. Aside from texts relating to information literacy, Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics was also used as this was the basis for arguments on developing virtues specifically that of intellectual honesty.

Author Biography

Kathleen Lourdes Obille, UP School of Library and Information Studies

School of Library and Information Studies, UP Diliman Assistant Professor

Issue

Vol 33 No 1 (2013)

Section

Articles

Keywords

library and information science; LIS; intellectual honesty, research ethics; philosophy; library; information literacy; library instruction; Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics