What are ethics? Why does ethical journalism matter? How do ethics affect good journalism? Ethics and Journalism provides a comprehensive overview of the main approaches to ethical enquiry in Western journalism. It examines the ethical dilemmas faced by journalists in all areas of the media and sets our ways of achieving ethical journalism. Ethics ......
Appointed by Pope John XXIII to the Pontifical Commission on Population, Family, and Birth, Josef Fuchs ultimately found himself disappointed in his three years of service and spent the next thirty years exploring a broad array of issues pivotal to a reconstruction of Roman Catholic natural law theory. This work analyses Fuchs' efforts.
Organized Interests, Political Power, and the Common Good
Woodstock launched this project on lobbying in 1998 for reasons such as lobbying has grown exponentially over the years to exercise enormous influence on American politics; and, lobbying has simultaneously fallen under suspicion and engendered critical resentment in some quarters.
An anthology that addresses various aspects of Thomas Aquinas' understanding of morality and comment on his legacy. This title introduces readers to the sources, methods, and major themes of Aquinas' ethics.
With the mapping of the human genome and other genetic engineering techniques, scientists have embarked upon an era of biomedical research and with it a maze of ethical and legal questions. This collection of articles analyses the convergence of biotechnology and intellectual property legislation, which has given rise to these moral dilemmas.
This book provides a set of principles for m aking ethical decisions, which can be applied to every stage of the evaluator''s work. After an introduction to ethical t heories, a framework weighing the options is proposed. '
The authors argue that regardless of a thera pist''s theoretical orientation, the basic human need for tou ch as an adjunct to talk is intrinsic to the healing process . '
To ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, ethics was chiefly the study of how individuals attain personal excellence, or 'virtue', defined as intellectual sophistication, wisdom, and creativity. Evaluating Western ethics, this book presents an argument that philosophy must return to the classical notion of virtue as the basis of ethics.
Offering an introduction to natural law ethics, this book introduces readers to the mainstream tradition of Western moral philosophy. Building on philosophers from Plato through Aquinas to John Finnis, it links morality to the protection of basic human goods.
