Community over Chaos - An Ecological Perspective on Communication Ethics

This ecology of ethics seeks to balance the needs of the individual and those of the various levels of community. James A. Mackin, Jr. shows, both modernism and postmodernism have undermined the traditional foundations for ethics. Using an ecological model, Community Over Chaos develops a common ground for ethical judgments about communication, thus countering the current theoretical climate of pessimistic cynicism toward the very possibility of ethics.

About the author

James A. Mackin, Jr., is Associate Professor of Speech Communication at Tulane University.

Summary

As James A. Mackin, Jr., shows, both modernism and postmodernism have undermined the traditional foundations for ethics. Using an ecological model, however, Community over Chaos develops a common ground for ethical judgments about communication, thus countering the current theoretical climate of pessimistic cynicism toward the very possibility of ethics.

Product details

• Authors: James A. Mackin Jr, James A Mackin, James A. Mackin
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2014
• EAN: 9780817358242
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5824-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication; Studies Rhetoric & Communicati; Studies in Rhetoric and Commun; Studies in Rhetoric and Communication; Studies Rhetoric & Communicati
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science