Journ 1100 1st Edition Lecture 21 Outline of Last Lecture Social Media I II III IV V VI VII Facebook Twitter Other platforms Mobile first Mobile always Social Media for PR Drone a How drones help news media Outline of Current Lecture A Plagiarism B Ethics vs Law a Ethics is NOT b Ethics IS C 4 Views of Ethics Current Lecture Plagiarism a kind of intellectual theft in which one passes off someone else s work and ideals as his own Craft Davis Which ethical rules of journalism did Jayson Blair violate Credibility of himself and the Times was Was anyone else responsible Editors should have been more involved Timeliness can cause us to make bad decisions Ethics vs Law News aggregation copyright law allows fair use of content created by other people How is that consistent with our view that plagiarism is unethical These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Example from Craft Davis morning edition business letter Pittsburg Business Times Need to attribute to original source link to original source verify put into own words or quote directly Important Concepts Morality code of conduct As the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes this term can refer either to a description of how a group or society actually behaves norms standards followed or to a more universal code of conduct that everyone should endorse Craft Davis Norms established practices Values what we aspire to do Ethics way we look at norms and values perceive what is right and wrong Ethics is NOT Same as morality About personal feelings Just custom social norms Same thing as law Ethics IS Standards of right and wrong that prescribe what you should do Study development of ethical standards Are you minimizing harm 4 Views of Ethics 1 Intuitionism our intuition can tell us what we ought to do prima facia duties strong presumption of doing the specific duty ex keeping a promise Perfect Duties what you MUST do Fidelity faithful to a person cause or belief shown through loyalty and support doing what you promise to do Non maleficence avoid harm Reparation making amends for a wrong one has committed repairing something Respect for persons being humble and treating everyone fairly Formal justice use legal system to hold people accountable Imperfect Duties what you SHOULD do Beneficence improving the lives of others Gratitude showing thanks Distributive justice distribute goods to help the needy Honesty telling the truth Self improvement making yourself and your writing better These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 2 Utilitarianism Consequentialism Outcomes of our actions determine whether our decisions are ethical Judge ethics by consequence Happiness should be maximized J S Mill 3 Deontologicalism Rules duties lead us to moral actions Immanuel Kant Judge ethics by adherence to the rules 4 Virtue Ethics Emphasize an individual s character Aristotle All ideas go with the idea of non maleficence These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute