Communitarianism and Media Ethics

• 作者: Clifford G.Christians
• 来源期刊: 华中传播研究
• 学科: 社会科学
• 关键词: COMMUNITARIANISM MEDIA ETHICS Confucius’Humanity RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
• 年，卷（期）: 2018,（2）
• 页码范围: 1-22
• 页数: 22页
• 分类号: G206

摘要

The future of media ethics in the global age depends on the sophistication of its theoretical foundations.Theories are not abstract theorems,but include presuppositions and that deep level needs to be understood.Communitarianism is a social philosophy that aims to ground a media ethicsthatisinternational, cross-cultural, andgender inclusive.Modern-day communitarianism is a form of liberal democracy that began as a critical reaction to John Rawls’A Theory of Justice.One of communitarianism’s historic roots is community as a normative ideal in Confucianism.These two social philosophies are united by the idea that the community is ontologically prior to individual rationality.They yield the ethical principle of human dignity.Two applications,civic transformation and interpretive sufficiency,result from theories of media ethics based on communitas.