Ethics Lecture 8

I am not sure if I was the only one who thought this lecture was going to be exceedingly boring, then again I think any lecture is going to be exceedingly boring. I know, I am so happy to be learning. Lets just say sitting in a class is not my most delightful hour. However, this hour seemed to be quite the brightened one.

I did spend most of my time looking at the handout that was appointed during this lecture and tried making sure I was super neat and doing exactly right. I think I was convinced that this was going to be secretly marked on the sly and I had to make a good impression.

This lecture was taken by Dr. John Harrison. Nice Guy.

I obviously was not expecting all the photographs in this lecture. I was expecting a hand out with 100 dot points on things not to do in Journalism. So I was quite easily entertained once my low expectations had been squashed.

While there was entertainment there also was theory.

Ethical Theories:

• Deontology 
• Rules
• Principles
• Duties
• Consequentialism
• It's getting a "good" or "right" outcome that matters
• Never mind how you got there
• The end may justify the means (a saying I know too well being a POLS student)
• Virtue Ethics
• Habits and character create virtues such as
• courage
• justice
• temperance
• prudence

My personal favourite billboard that was shown during the lecture was the Air Asia.

In case you missed it.

I remember seeing this near my house and just thinking. Clever.