Communicating Ethically Character, Duties, Consequences, and Relationships
“Communicating Ethically: Character, Duties, Consequences, and Relationships” by William W. Neher is published by Pearson, Allyn & Bacon in 2007 and spans 339 pages. This book provides a broad introduction to the ethical nature of communication, combining major systems of ethical reasoning with practical applications. Each chapter includes case studies that explore ethics across various fields, such as interpersonal, organizational, political communication, and mass media, allowing students to develop their understanding of ethical judgments.
Readers will find a structured approach to ethical reasoning, featuring historical perspectives like virtue ethics and utilitarianism, alongside contemporary views such as dialogic ethics and feminist perspectives. The text is designed to facilitate critical thinking through real-world applications, with a capstone chapter that synthesizes the themes discussed throughout. By utilizing a model from argumentation theory, the book equips students with a framework for making ethical decisions in diverse communicative contexts.
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“Communicating Ethically” provides a broad introduction to the ethical nature of communication.
The text combines coverage of the major systems of ethical reasoning with lots of applications, including case studies in each chapter investigating ethics within many fields: interpersonal communication, organizational communication, political communication, and mass communication/media. By incorporating a simple framework for ethical reasoning, students will be able to develop their own understanding of the various criteria for making ethical judgments.
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Presents an overview of the major systems of ethical reasoning and applications. Part 1 presents the major systems of ethical reasoning throughout history: virtue ethics, universalistic systems of ethics, utilitarianism and egalitarian theories of ethics, dialogic ethics, and postmodern and feminist perspectives. Part 2 covers applications of ethics in various communicative settings, so that students can see how the major systems are applied in the real world. Offers a case study in each chapter, illustrating principles related to the chapter topic. The case studies provide students with an opportunity to apply concepts that they learn while developing their critical thinking skills. Develops a capstone with the last chapter to assist instructors and students in pulling together the various themes and topics discussed throughout the text. Gives a framework for ethical reasoning that is easy for instructors to teach and easy for students to learn. The text borrows a model from argumentation theory – three forms of propositions: Fact, Value, and Policy – thereby allowing students to develop an understanding of the various criteria that have been formulated for making ethical judgments.
Praise for “Communicating Ethically”
Throughout the book, the authors had an excellent selection of examples. The examples were often from prominent incidents, and they were interesting cases to consider. I found this book to be very well written. And overall, I was very impressed — it exceeded my expectations by a considerable margin… I strongly recommend this book.
Jonathan Hess, University of Missouri, Columbia
The writing style is excellent.
L. David Schuelke, Bethel College
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