Ethical Responsibility in Human Communication
Ethical Responsibility in Human
Communication
Johannesen, Valde, & Whedbee
P. 1
•
Ethical judgments focus more precisely on
degrees of rightness and wrongness, virtue
and vice, and obligation.
•
The importance of choice
•
The difference of coercion
•
The distinction between morals and ethics.
P.2 - Relativism
•
Everyone knows that this particular
communication technique is unethical, so there is
nothing to discuss
•
Since only success matters in communication,
ethicality is irrelevant
•
After all ethical judgments are simply matters of
individual personal opinion; so there are no final
answers;
•
It is presumptuous, perhaps unethical, to judge
the ethics of others.
P.3
•
All communication has ethical ramifications –
my interpretation of what is said.
P. 4
•
An ethical system does not solve all one’s
practical problems, but one cannot choose and
act rationally without some explicit or implicit
ethical system. An ethical theory does not tell a
person what to do in any given situation, but
neither is it completely silent; it tells one what to
consider in making up one’s mind what to do.
The practical function of an ethical system is
primarily to direct our attention to the relevant
considerations, the reasons that determine the
rightness or wrongness of any act. Carl Wellman
P.6-8
•
Freedom and Responsibility
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While we do have First Amendment protection of
freedom of speech and press, each of us also has the
responsibility to exercise that freedom in an ethical
manner.
–
Respect for the word – to employ it with scrupulous
care and an incorruptible heartfelt love of truth – is
essential if there is to be any growth in a society or in
the human race. To misuse the word is to show
contempt for man. It undermines the bridges and
poisons the wells. It causes Man to regress down the
long path of his evolution. Dag Hammarskjold.
Moral development p. 9
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Rest
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Moral sensitivity
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Moral judgment
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Moral motivation
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Moral Character
Character and ethics p. 10 - 11
•
Ethicists describe virtues variously as deep-
rooted dispositions, habits, skills, or traits of
character that incline persons to perceive, fell,
and act in ethically right and sensitive ways.
•
Also, they describe virtues as learned,
acquired, cultivated, reinforced, capable of
modification, capable of confliction, and
ideally coalesced into a harmonious cluster.
DeGeorge, p. 11
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As human beings develop, they tend to adopt patterns
of actions, and dispositions to act in certain ways.
These dispositions, when viewed collectively, are
sometimes called character A person who habitually
tends to act as he morally should has a good character.
If he resists strong temptation, he has a strong
character. If he habitually acts immorally, he has a
morally bad character. If despite good intentions he
frequently succumbs to temptations, he has a weak
character. Because character is formed by conscious
actions, in general people are morally responsible for
their characters as well as for their individual actions.
Richard DeGeorge
Ethical responsibility in human communication entails making judgments on rightness, wrongness, virtue, and obligation. It explores the importance of choice, coercion, and the distinction between morals and ethics. The text delves into relativism, ethical ramifications in communication, and the practical function of ethical systems. It emphasizes the need for freedom of speech coupled with ethical responsibility. Additionally, it discusses moral development, sensitivity, judgment, motivation, character, virtues, and their impact on ethical behaviors.
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Ethical Responsibility in Human Communication Johannesen, Valde, & Whedbee
P. 1 Ethical judgments focus more precisely on degrees of rightness and wrongness, virtue and vice, and obligation. The importance of choice The difference of coercion The distinction between morals and ethics.
P.2 - Relativism Everyone knows that this particular communication technique is unethical, so there is nothing to discuss Since only success matters in communication, ethicality is irrelevant After all ethical judgments are simply matters of individual personal opinion; so there are no final answers; It is presumptuous, perhaps unethical, to judge the ethics of others.
P.3 All communication has ethical ramifications my interpretation of what is said.
P. 4 An ethical system does not solve all one s practical problems, but one cannot choose and act rationally without some explicit or implicit ethical system. An ethical theory does not tell a person what to do in any given situation, but neither is it completely silent; it tells one what to consider in making up one s mind what to do. The practical function of an ethical system is primarily to direct our attention to the relevant considerations, the reasons that determine the rightness or wrongness of any act. Carl Wellman
P.6-8 Freedom and Responsibility While we do have First Amendment protection of freedom of speech and press, each of us also has the responsibility to exercise that freedom in an ethical manner. Respect for the word to employ it with scrupulous care and an incorruptible heartfelt love of truth is essential if there is to be any growth in a society or in the human race. To misuse the word is to show contempt for man. It undermines the bridges and poisons the wells. It causes Man to regress down the long path of his evolution. Dag Hammarskjold.
Moral development p. 9 Rest Moral sensitivity Moral judgment Moral motivation Moral Character
Character and ethics p. 10 - 11 Ethicists describe virtues variously as deep- rooted dispositions, habits, skills, or traits of character that incline persons to perceive, fell, and act in ethically right and sensitive ways. Also, they describe virtues as learned, acquired, cultivated, reinforced, capable of modification, capable of confliction, and ideally coalesced into a harmonious cluster.
DeGeorge, p. 11 As human beings develop, they tend to adopt patterns of actions, and dispositions to act in certain ways. These dispositions, when viewed collectively, are sometimes called character A person who habitually tends to act as he morally should has a good character. If he resists strong temptation, he has a strong character. If he habitually acts immorally, he has a morally bad character. If despite good intentions he frequently succumbs to temptations, he has a weak character. Because character is formed by conscious actions, in general people are morally responsible for their characters as well as for their individual actions. Richard DeGeorge
