Media Ethics [Paperback]

Matthew Kieran (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0275966941 | ISBN-13: 978-0275966942 | Publication Date: August 30, 1999

From attempting to inform us about current events to entertaining us with imagined worlds, the media has a primary influence upon how we conceive the world, ourselves, and others. Consequently, the moral complexities, dilemmas, and duties that arise in relation to journalism and the media are difficult to negotiate. Critically developing a philosophical approach to conceptualizing the aim of journalism; the nature of good, impartial reporting; and moral restrictions concerning lies, deceit, violence, and censorship, this book argues for substantive positions concerning what we should, rationally, hold as the moral rights and duties of journalists and the media.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“[K.] wisle illuminates a series of complex problems-including privacy, lies, sex, violence, and censorship-without either falling back on dogmatic absolutism or flopping into wishy-washy relativism. He has seen the "hot" movies (like Good Fellas and Natural Born Killers) and scoured the literature; he knows what he's talking about.”–Theological Studies

“Surrounded as we are by media on every side, few topics can be as pressing as the relation of the mass media to ethics. In this ground clearing book...Matthew Kieran provides the first sustained look at this topic by an analytic philosopher. With clarity and penetration, he examines issues ranging from journalism to pornography. His views may be sometimes controversial, but they are always stimulating and thoughtfully argued. This book opens new territory for philosophy. I predict that Kieran's book will launch a generation of media and philosophy courses throughout the English-speaking world.”–Noel Carroll Monroe C. Beardsley Professor of the Philosophy of Art the University of Wisconsin at Madison

About the Author

MATTHEW KIERAN is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds, England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Praeger Paperback (August 30, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275966941
• ISBN-13: 978-0275966942
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,577,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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