Jan 26. Media Ethics

Question 1

Morals vs. Ethics

Answer 1

Morals are personally held convictions about right and wrong. They can come from various places (family, religion, culture, etc) and vary from person to person. Ethics are a philosophy or code of conduct for a society or organization– an individual can be ethical without being moral (he can violate his personal convictions without necessarily violating ethics- and he can be ethical without holding that code of conduct as his personal conviction.)

Question 2

The Golden Rule

Answer 2

A type of virtue ethic.
Western Christian philosophy. Do unto others as you would want done unto you. “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” -Jesus

Question 3

The Golden Mean

Answer 3

A type of virtue ethic.
Aristotle’s philosophy. (And Confucius). The middle between two extremes is good. (Ex: courage being the middle between fear and recklessness.)

Question 4

The Categorical Imperative

Answer 4

A type of duty ethics.
The formation of a moral law that we all agree on, and we can all agree that it will apply as much to us as it will to everyone else, and as much to everyone else as it will to us. You do your duty with respect to this agreement, even if you don’t like it or change your mind. -Immanuel Kant.

Question 5

Discourse Ethics

Answer 5

A type of duty ethics.
Let everyone’s perspective be heard in full, without judgment, so we can work out a solution. - Jürgen Habermas

Question 6

Utilitarianism

Answer 6

The greatest good for the greatest number. (Thanos??)
- John Stuart Mill

Question 7

Social Justice (veil of ignorance)

Answer 7

“We don’t see color” idea. “The most fairness for everyone.” “Veil of forgetfulness” put everyone on even standing with each other. It’s an interpretation of utilitarianism, except in this one the jam gets spread out evenly over ALL the bread- not just maximum jam on most of the bread. - John Rawls

Question 8

Ethics of Care (Feminist Ethics)

Answer 8

Emphasize the importance of relationships, but puts greater emphasis on improving relationships. It replaces aW justice-based system with a carrying-based system, the one caring and the one cared for. - Feminists in general as a faceless entity

Question 9

AKA Situationist Ethics
(Moral relativism)

Answer 9

Is not part of the system of media ethics. It is the absence of ethics.