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

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Publication details: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2009.Description: vii, 221 pISBN:

9780826218391 (cloth : alk. paper)
0826218393 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780826218469 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0826218466 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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BJ1521 .E84 2009eb

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Introduction / Clifford G. Christians and 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 �ubermensch / 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 -- J�urgen Habermas : consensus and citizenship / David S. Allen -- Emmanuel Levinas : priority of the other / Ronald C. Arnett.

Summary: "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 modern communicator"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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 modern communicator"--Provided by publisher.

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