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COM 380: Communication EthicsSemester Syllabus - Fall, 2002Tuesday/Thursday - 3:55PM-5:15PMDr. Foulger | ||||||||
Grades | Texts and Course Information | Lecture Notes | Final Exam | Term Paper | Group Project | Course Bibliography | Approved Department Course Syllabus |
Date | Philosophy | Assignment | Course Module |
Sept. 3 (1 of 27) | Course overview An ethics toolbox Laws, Rules, and Ethics | No Assignment | Fundamentals of Communication Ethics |
Sept. 5 (2 of 27) | An introduction to Relationship Ethics |
Anderson and Englehart, p. 1-22
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Sept. 10 (3 of 27) | An introduction to Mass Media Ethics | Leslie, p. 1-23 Index Card Assignment due Tuesday: Find a current controversial headline (from news, newspaper, tabloid rag, etc). Document:
Begin Group Project | |
Sept. 12 (4 of 27) | Organizing an Ethical Toolbox | Anderson and Englehart, p. 23-53
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Sept. 17 | Monday Schedule. No class today. | ||
Sept. 19 (5 of 27) | Ethics as Duty and Virtue Religious Morality Life Scripts and Family Values Plato and the Absolute Good Aristotle and Balance | Leslie, p. 25-33, p. 119-122 Anderson and Englehart, 29-30, 38-41 | |
Sept. 24 (6 of 27) | Mill: High and Low Pleasures Listening and Learning Bacon: Controlling passions Compassion and Relationships | Leslie, p. 42-45, 78-82 Anderson and Englehart, p. 34-38
| Consumption of Messages |
Sept. 26 (7 of 27) | Baudrilliard and the Hyperreal Critical Thinking in an age of Presentation Overload | Leslie, p. 133-137 Group Project Status Review | |
Oct. 1
(8 of 27) | Kant and the promotion of virtue Editing and social agendas Schopenhaueur and compassion in pain When no choice is a good. | Leslie, p. 72-78, 87-93 Anderson and Englehart, p. 31-33 | Message Selection and Gatekeeping |
Oct. 3 (9 of 27) | Rokeach and the balancing of values | TBD, check online | |
Oct. 8 (10of27) |
Spinoza and the rule of reason Durkheim and ethical relativism Journalism | Leslie, p. 67-72, 94-94, and 161-185 | Message Creation |
Oct. 10 (11of27) | Persig and the ethics of quality Broadcasting: Time vs Quality | Leslie, p. 242-247 and 257-267 TBD, check online | |
Oct. 15 (12of27) | Group Presentations | Group Presentations | |
Oct. 17 (13of27) | Group Presentations | ||
Oct. 22 (14of27) | Mid-Term Exam | ||
Oct. 24 (15of27) | Aquinas and our obligations to others | Leslie, p. 40-42 Anderson and Englehart, p. 55-80 | The Ethics of Enablement |
Oct. 29 (16of27) | Machiavelli, means, and ends Public Relations | Leslie, p. 47-53 and 197-221 Anderson and Englehart, p. 81-105 | |
Oct.
31 (17of27) | Rand and our obligations to self Books and Records | Leslie, p. 109-115 and 231-241 Anderson and Englehart, p. 106-125 | |
Nov. 5
(18of27) | Hobbes and our obligations to others An Ethics of Production Support | Leslie, p. 53-56 Anderson and Englehart, p. 33-34 and 126-162 | Production Support |
Nov. 7 (19of27) | Kohlberg and our support for moral development Parenting and Family |
Leslie, p. 115-119 Anderson and Englehart, p. 163-202 | |
Nov. 12 (20of27) | Gilligan: An Ethics of Relationships Work and Family | Anderson and Englehart, p. 41-43 and 203- 229 | |
Nov. 14 (21of27) |
Abulard and Intention Film and Entertainment | Leslie, p. 37-40 and 268-272 | Translation of Content |
Nov. 19 (21of27) |
Rousseau and Conscience Workplace Foucault and the Neutralization of Power Conflicts of Interest | Leslie, p. 59-62 and 127-133 | |
Nov. 21 (22of27) | Term Paper Work Day | ||
Nov. 26 (23of27) | Term Paper Consulting Day | I will be available to review drafts and talk about the structuring of papers and the use of references. | |
Nov. 28
| Thanksgiving. No Class. Ski Season Arrives! | ||
Dec. 3 (24of27) |
Voltaire and the good of the greatest number Sartre and the tyrrany of choice Performance activism Being a moral and ethical person when "all the worlds a stage". | Leslie, p. 56-59, 101-109 | The Ethics of Performance |
Dec. 5 (25of27) | Term Paper Presentations | Term papers due on presentation | Term Paper Presentations |
Dec. 10 (26of27) | Term Paper Presentations | ||
Dec.
12 (27of27) | Wrap Up | Leslie, p. 145-159, 309-311 Anderson and Englehart, p. 230-266 | |
Dec. 18 | Final Exam 2:00pm |