COM CM 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kinetoscope, Speculative Fiction, Intrapersonal Communication

• School: Boston University
• Department: Mass Communication, Advertising & Public Relations
• Course: COM CM 301
• Professor: Tammy Vigil

Document Summary

Three important concerns in terms of the ethical responsibility of individuals: someone is to blame, something has to be done, and some kind of trustworthiness can be expected. Ethics and decision making: ethics is the division of philosophy that deals with questions of moral behavior, ethical decisions depend on the decision making process and on the decision makers, three qualities of ethical decisions. Competence to recognize ethical issues and to think through the consequences of alternative resolutions. Self-confidence to seek out different points of view and then to decide what is right at a given place and time, in a particular set of relationships and circumstances. Sigmund freud- believes the development of moral character and habits of moral thought essentially are complete in early childhood. Lawrence kohlberg- believes that moral development undergoes significant structural changes well into adulthood. Most believe moral development is a learned behavior.