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This volume is designed to revolutionize the field of communication by identifying a broad ethical theory which transcends the world of mass media practice to reveal a more humane and responsible code of values. The contributors, representing a diverse range of intercultural perspectives, defend the possibility of universal moral imperatives such as justice, reciprocity and human dignity. Through an examination of the values in which their cultures are grounded, they provide a short list of ethical principles which form the common ground from which to view contemporary issues in the media, interpersonal communication, mediation and conflict resolution.
Ethics and the Discourse on Ethics in Post-Colonial India
Ethics and the Discourse on Ethics in Post-Colonial India
My language is aphoristic; it lacks precision. It is, therefore, open to several interpretations. (Lord Krishna's conversation with Dharmadev, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Government of India, 1958, p. 485)
If we define ethics as involving intention, will, freedom, the relation of one individual to another, we are imposing a western concept on India. Admittedly, Hinduism has little or no ethics in this sense. But if ethics involves a set of standard behavior based on duty, social custom, religious faith in karma, then Hinduism puts a high premium on moral conduct. Hinduism has no concern for others as others, as individuals deserving separate treatment, but it does ...
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