Description
Practicing Communication Ethics provides 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 lifelong process of personal development and fosters the ability in its readers to approach communication decision-making through an ethical lens.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Part I--Developing a Practice of Communication Ethics
Chapter 1 The Centrality of Ethics in Human Communication
Communication Matters
Developiong a Practice of Communication Ethics
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Activities
Chapter 2 Developing a Personal Ethical Standard for Human Communication
A Personal Ethical Standard for Communication
Acquiring Ethical Values and Principles
Developing a Personal Ethical Standard
The Marketplace
Evaluating Your Personal Ethical Standard
Expressing your Personal Ethical Standard as a Code or Credo
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Activities
Chapter 3 Ethical Reasoning about Human Communication
Steps in Ethical Reasoning
Practicing Ethical Reasoning in Human Communication
Communicating Your Ethical Reasoning to Others
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Activities
Chapter 4 Five Ethical Values of Human Communication
Truth and Truthfulness
Justice
Freedom
Care
Integrity
Your Personal Ethical Standard
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Activities
Chapter 5 Applying Principles in Ethical Reasoning
Absolutism as an Ethical Imperative
The Many Faces of Relativism
Casuistry: Balancing Principles with Responsiveness
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Activities
Introduction to Part Two–Applying Ethical Theories to Human Communication
Chapter 6 Traditional Approaches to Ethical Theory
Virtue Ethics
Moral Rights
Utilitarianism
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Activities
Chapter 7 Contemporary Alternatives to Modernist Ethical Theories
Modernist Thinking
Post-Modernism
Dialogue
Ethical Care
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Activities
Introduction to Part Three 3 Contexts of Ethical Communication Practice
Chapter 8 Communication Ehics and Community
Dialectical Tensions of Community
Managing Dialectical Tensions of Community in the U.S.
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Activities
Chapter 9 Communication Ethics and Intercultural Communication
Dialectical Tensions of Interculrual Communication
Ethical Issues and Challenges of Intercultural Communication
Absolutism and Relativism in Intercultural Communication
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Activities
Chapter 10 Communication Ethics and Digital Communication
Qualities of Digital Communication
Issues of Freedom in Digital Communication
Issues of Truth in Digital Communication
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Activities
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