PHILOS 2TT3 Lecture : Ethics in Communication, Oct. 25

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHILOS 2TT3
• Professor: V Igneski

Document Summary

Withholding information, exaggerating, framing a situation in a beneficial manner. Intend/foresee: part of what makes something a lie, morally problematic, is the intent to mislead someone. What if there is not intent to deceive, but can foresee that people can be mislead by it; is it worse to mislead even though its been foreseen, or to intentionally mislead. Action/inaction: walking past a drowning child inaction is bad; walking by and pushing a child in a pond action is then bad. Doing nothing and having it result negatively, or doing something and having a negative result.