CMN 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Open Court Principle, Publication Ban, In Camera

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3105
• Professor: marklowes

Document Summary

Building a course around concrete objective noble structures. Erwin toy test - need to know the steps to this. Criminal code is a structure we look to for guidance - what we can and cannot do. Criminal code of canada as structure in an ethical perspective - is an embodiment of ethical principles which eminent moral concerns - what we do as a society is prevent harm to others. Basic starting point for thinking about ethics which embodies morals - it"s a question of is and ought. Meaning of is: is it an objet of a state of affairs. Meaning of ought: diff vision or how things ought to be - animates social change. Ethics - thinking of how things are. Concept and media need to regulate and moderate. ***open courts principle - how it relates to the concept of publicity. Requires gov insts to be open to its citizens.