What's good on TV? understanding ethics through television /

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Huvudskapare: Watson, Jamie Carlin
Institutionell skapare: ebrary, Inc
Övriga skapare: Arp, Robert
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • The pilot episode : ethics and popular culture. Is anything "good" on television? The nature of moral value. Truth and nihilism in ethics
  • Normativity : social, legal, and moral
  • God and ethics
  • What's right and wrong? Ethical theory. Relativism
  • Deontology
  • Consequentialism
  • Virtue ethics
  • But what's right when? Practical ethics. Environmental ethics
  • Animal welfare
  • Abortion
  • Homosexuality
  • Punishment and capital punishment
  • Assisted suicide
  • The epilogue: does TV erode our values?.