Ethical communication : moral stances in human dialogue / edited by Clifford G. Christians and John C. Merrill.

Ethical communication : moral stances in human dialogue /

"Communication ethics are approached from five perspectives--altruistic, egotistic, autonomous, legalist, and communitarian--in essays examining the thought of major thinkers ranging from Aristotle to the Dalai Lama. Each profile provides insight into how important ethical concepts can help the...

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Other Authors: Christians, Clifford G., Merrill, John Calhoun, 1924-2012
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Conduct of life.
Ethics.
Ethics
ethics (philosophy)
ethics (philosophical concept)
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Clifford G. Christians, John C. Merrill
  • The altruistic stance : loyalty to others. Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama : universal compassion / John C. Merril
  • Jesus : loving neighbors / Mary Hulst
  • John Stuart Mill : utilitarianism / Raphael Cohen-Almagor
  • Carol Gilligan : ethics of care / Lee Wilkins
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. : ethics of personalism / William Babcock
  • Mother Teresa : the ethics of sacrifice / Janice Hume
  • The egoistic stance : loyalty to self. Aristotle : self-development / Lee Anne Peck
  • Friedrich Nietzsche : becoming an übermensch / Clifford G. Christians
  • Machiavelli : pragmatic realism / John C. Merrill
  • Camus : the rebellious spirit / David J. Gunkel
  • Kautilya of India : social egoism / John C. Merrill
  • Ayn Rand : rational self-interest / John C. Merrill
  • The autonomy stance : loyalty to freedom. Henry David Thoreau : value of solitude / Stephanie Craft
  • John Locke : natural rights / Patrick Lee Plaisance
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer : courage versus authority / Ronald C. Arnett
  • Paulo Freire : face saving and communication / Ronald C. Arnett
  • Hannah Arendt : public as authority / Maurine Beasley
  • The legalist stance : loyalty to authority. Plato : elite norms / Lee Anne Peck
  • Muhammad : honor centered morality / Mohammad A. Siddiqi
  • Immanuel Kant : importance of duty / Lee Anne Peck
  • Moses : deontological norms / William Babcock
  • Thomas Hobbes : the ethics of social order / Stephen J.A. Ward
  • The communitarian stance : loyalty to the community. Confucius : ethics of character / Virginia Whitehouse
  • Mohandas Gandhi : fellowship of power / Lee Wilkins
  • Karl Marx : transcending alienation / Jon Bekken
  • John Dewey : democratic conversation / Lee Wilkins
  • Jürgen Habermas : consensus and citizenship / David S. Allen
  • Emmanuel Levinas : priority of the other / Ronald C. Arnett.

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