COMM 1101 Lecture 8: Ethics notes

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 1101
• Professor: Thomas K.Nakayama

Document Summary

Ethical perspectives: the golden mean: from ancient greeks, not to be extreme on either end, morality is found moderation, virtues: prudence, courage, generosity, etc, ex. Jeremy bentham, john stuart mill, peter singer-contemporary utilitarian ethicist: weigh out the benefits/harms of communicative decisions, right/wrong in proportion to the amount of happiness/unhappiness that results, goal is to bring the most happiness to the most people. Pragmatism: c. s. peirce-harvard, consider the practical effects of the communication choices you make. John oliver-against and lot of people against one. We settled the suit with zero no admission of guilt. But they sued many people. (cid:499: doesn"t point out that at the time they were only suing him, charged with racial discrimination with his houses. Pecan vs pecan: accents and dialects, is language or accent discrimination ethical, different ways to speak one language, effect of civility on protest goals. Protesting: women"s march, peaceful march, no one arrested, important to be civil, homophile movement, 1950s and 1960s.