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"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.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Clifford G. Christians, 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 übermensch / 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
• Jürgen Habermas : consensus and citizenship / David S. Allen
• Emmanuel Levinas : priority of the other / Ronald C. Arnett.

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Contributors:

Christians, Clifford G.

Merrill, John Calhoun, 1924-2012

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Ethical communication (Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2009 — ISBN 9780826218391; LCCN 2008055784; OCLC Number 277196211)

Subjects:

Conduct of life

Ethics

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 221 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

BJ1521 .E84 2009eb

ISBNs:

9780826271846 (electronic bk.)
0826271847 (electronic bk.)
9780826218391 (cloth, alk. paper) [Invalid]
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9780826218469 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]
0826218466 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008055784 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

593249358