Practicing Communication Ethics : Development, Discernment, and Decision-Making
ISBN: 9780205453603 | 0205453600
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/7/2010
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Practicing Communication Ethicsprovides a theoretical framework for developing a personal standard of ethics that can be applied in real world communication situations.Through an examination of specific ethical values including truth, justice, freedom, care, and integrity, this first edition enables the reader to personally determine which values they are ethically committed to upholding. Blending communication theory, ethics as practical philosophy, and moral psychology, this text presents the practice of communication ethics as part of the li... MORE
| Preface | p. vi |
| Communication Ethics and Our Historical Moment | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Developing a Practice of Communication Ethics | p. 1 |
| The Centrality of Ethics in Human Communication | p. 3 |
| Communication Matters | p. 7 |
| Developing a Practice of Ethical Communication | p. 13 |
| Developing a Personal Ethical Standard for Human Communication | p. 19 |
| A Personal Ethical Standard for Human Communication | p. 20 |
| Acquiring Ethical Values and Principles | p. 20 |
| Developing a Personal Ethical Standard | p. 25 |
| Family | p. 26 |
| Peers | p. 28 |
| Culture | p. 28 |
| Religion and Spirituality | p. 29 |
| The Marketplace | p. 30 |
| Popular Culture | p. 31 |
| Evaluating Your Personal Ethical Standard | p. 34 |
| Logical Analysis | p. 34 |
| Testing by Experience | p. 36 |
| Expressing your Personal Ethical Standard as a Code or Credo | p. 38 |
| Ethical Reasoning About Human Communication | p. 46 |
| Steps in Ethical Reasoning | p. 47 |
| Recognizing an Ethical Issue | p. 47 |
| Get the Facts about the Situation | p. 51 |
| Think About Alternative Ethical Responses | p. 53 |
| Evaluate Alternatives from Different Points of View | p. 55 |
| The Everyday Practice of Ethics | p. 56 |
| Ethical Theories | p. 57 |
| Act, Then Reflect on Your Decision | p. 60 |
| Practicing Ethical Reasoning in Human Communication | p. 60 |
| Ethical Decision Points of Communication | p. 60 |
| "Should I speak orà? | p. 60 |
| "If I speak, what should I say?" | p. 61 |
| "When I communicate, How should I communicate?" | p. 61 |
| Communicating Your Ethical Reasoning to Others | p. 61 |
| Five Ethical Values of Human Communication | p. 68 |
| Truth and Truthfulness | p. 69 |
| Justice | p. 74 |
| Freedom | p. 80 |
| Care | p. 83 |
| Integrity | p. 84 |
| Your Personal Ethical Standard | p. 87 |
| Applying Values and Principles in Ethical Reasoning | p. 95 |
| Absolutism as an Ethical Imperative | p. 96 |
| The Many Faces of Relativism | p. 99 |
| Casuistry: Balancing Principles with Responsiveness | p. 103 |
| Applying Ethical Theories to Human Communication | p. 115 |
| Traditional Approaches to Ethical Theory | p. 117 |
| Virtue Ethics | p. 118 |
| Moral Rightsv121 | |
| Kant and Moral Rights | p. 123 |
| Moral Rights of Communication | p. 124 |
| Utilitarianism | p. 126 |
| Contemporary Alternatives to Modernist Ethical Theories | p. 136 |
| Modernist Thinking | p. 137 |
| Postmodernism | p. 140 |
| Decentered Self | p. 140 |
| Postmodern Truth as Justified Truth | p. 142 |
| Post-modern Power | p. 144 |
| Dialogue | p. 149 |
| Ethical Care | p. 156 |
| Three Contexts of Ethical Communication Practice | p. 171 |
| Communication Ethics and Community | p. 173 |
| Dialectical Tensions of Community | p. 174 |
| The Dialectical Tension of Similarity and Difference | p. 175 |
| The Dialectical Tension between the Individual and Community | p. 179 |
| Managing Dialectical Tensions of Community in the U.S. | p. 182 |
| "Friendship" as a Metaphor for Community | p. 183 |
| "Citizenship" as a Metaphor for Community | p. 185 |
| Communication Ethics and Intercultural Communication | p. 195 |
| Dialectical Tensions of Interculrual Communication | p. 197 |
| Ethical Issues and Challenges of Intercultural Communication | p. 198 |
| Negotiating Cultural Identity | p. 198 |
| Absolutism and Relativism in Intercultural Communication | p. 204 |
| Communication Ethics and Digital Communication | p. 216 |
| Qualities of Digital Communication | p. 217 |
| Issues of Freedom in Digital Communication | p. 224 |
| Issues of Truth in Digital Communication | p. 230 |
| References | p. 237 |
| Index | p. 247 |
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