Good News: Social Ethics and the Press

Couverture
Oxford University Press, 3 juin 1993 - 265 pages
Mass media ethics and the classical liberal ideal of the autonomous individual are historically linked and professionally dominant--yet the authors of this work feel this is intrinsically flawed. They show how recent research in philosophy and social science--together with a longer tradition in theological inquiry--insist that community, mutuality, and relationship are fundamental to a full concept of personhood. The authors argue that "persons-in-community" provides a more defensible grounding for journalists' professional moral decision-making in crucial areas such as truthtelling, privacy, organizational culture, and balanced coverage. With numerous examples drawn from life as well as from theory, this book will interest journalists, editors, and professionals in media management as well as students and scholars of media ethics, reporting, and media law.

Table des matières

Introduction
3
Enlightenment Individualism
18
Communitarian Ethics
49
Civic Transformation
84
Organizational Culture
123
Normative Pluralism
164
Notes
197
Bibliography
235
Index
257
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