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

Title
What's good on TV? : understanding ethics through television / Jamie Carlin Watson and Robert Arp.
Author
Watson, Jamie Carlin.
Publication
Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

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Additional Authors
Arp, Robert.
Description
xiii, 303 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Television broadcasting > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Television broadcasting > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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?
Call Number
MWGS 11-8127
ISBN
  • 9781405194761 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1405194766 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781405194754 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1405194758 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011009294
OCLC
YBP 2011009294
Author
Watson, Jamie Carlin.
Title
What's good on TV? : understanding ethics through television / Jamie Carlin Watson and Robert Arp.
Imprint
Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Arp, Robert.
Research Call Number
MWGS 11-8127
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