Vocabulary for Media Ethics

By the end of the semester, you should be able

to describe and apply all of these terms

Values

Conflicts

Rules

Fault Lines

Triumvirate:

Virtue

Duty

Consequences

Tests:

Universality

Reversibility

Transparency

Narratives

Hard Universalism

Soft Universalism

Cultural Relativism

Ethical Relativism

Egoism

Psychological Egoism

Ethical Egoism

Altruism

Utilitarianism

Hedonistic Calculus

Harm Principle

Consequentialism

Ends and Means

Intrinsic Values

Instrumental Values

Teleology

Deontology

Categorical Imperative

Principle of Self Determination

Kingdom of Ends

Justice as Fairness

Original Position

Veil of Ignorance

Virtue

Existentialism

Feminism

Ethics of Care

Just War Theory

Discrimination

Proportional Means

Guidelines