Ethics Flashcards
Media responsibility
Media remain free of government controls have a tremendous responsibility to serve the public -Regulate themselves -Set high standards -Reflect diversity -Be accountable to public
What Are Ethics?
Beliefs about right and wrong, that guide the way we act and values in act
Three levels of ethics
Metaethics, normative ethics and applied ethics
Metaethics
What is justice? What is goodness?
Normative ethics
What are my profession’s standards?
Applied ethics
What will I do?
Potter box
Four parts: Define Situation, Identify Values, Select Principals and Choose Loyalties
Aristotle’s Golden Mean
The answer lies between two extremes
it’s immoral to always lie? it’s immoral to never lie?
Kant’s Categorical imperative
What if your decision became the universal law?
cheating
Mill’s principle of utility
Seek the greatest good for the greatest number
Justify the means
Rawls’ veil of ignorance
You are the most powerless, most damaged, Worst enemy scenario
(imagine being the biggest loser in this deal. How would that feel?)
What is the Golden rule?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Balancing conflicts of interest
Individual conscience
The objects of your actions
Financial interests
Individual conscience
You live with your decision
The Object of your actions
others are affected by your decisions
