...Robert Earhart Purpose This paper aims to investigate learning, relatedness and ethics in research as question of personal responsibility. Positivist and postformalist approaches to research are considered in light of the perspectives and experiences of the researchers themselves. Design...

... some authors consider to be a contemporary practice of social justification ( Boltanski and Thévenot, 1991 ) and others consider to be a well-established cultural practice ( Taussig, 1993 ). Research limitations/implications The paper contributes to a better understanding of how relatedness...