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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"History of Ethics"”.
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Ethics in photojournalism : past, present, and future
… editors, photojournalists are held to a standard of ethics. Each publication has a set of rules, sometimes written, sometimes unwritten, that governs what that publication considers to be a truthful and faithful representation of images to the public. These rules cover a wide range of topics such …
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Charity as a Foundation of Ethics
… contribution which Christianity has made to the history of ethics is its claim that what we should do, above all else, is love—love everyone with no exceptions. It is strange to me that this insight has generally not survived in contemporary ethics. Though our dominant ethical theories always …
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The Scholarship and Praxis of Communication Ethics: Rhetorical Interruptions in Historical Narratives
… a praxis model for performing communication ethics scholarship is important in Postmodernity, as a multiplicity of narratives requires knowledgeable life-long learners who are willing to understand historicity and one's place within traditions. This study relies on Alasdair MacIntyre's …
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The Spectrum of Virtue: From the Decent to the Excellent
… an action morally good, worthy, or virtuous? I offer a pluralist answer to this by considering a spectrum of actions, especially those with many motives. There are, I argue, two types of good motives: concerns simply for what is (pro tanto) right or good as such and concerns simply for matters, …
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Douglass, Jacobs, and Freedom Found in Resistance
The narratives of abolitionist thinkers Frederick Douglass - My Bondage and My Freedom - and Harriet Jacobs - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - both include instances of the authors engaging in resistance against their slaveholders that do not free them from slavery. I begin with these …
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Perfection, History, and Harmonious Individuality: Herder's Ethical Thought, 1765-1791
<p>This work is a study of the ethical thought of Johann Gottfried Herder. I examine the development of his ethics from 1765 through 1791. I contend that the earliest texts express a set of ideas that Herder modified and developed throughout the rest of his work. These are a perfectionist …