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Watson, Jamie Carlin.

What's good on TV? understanding ethics through television / [electronic resource] : Jamie Carlin Watson and Robert Arp. - Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - xiii, 303 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The pilot episode : ethics and popular culture. Is anything "good" on television? The nature of moral value. Truth and nihilism in ethics -- Normativity : social, legal, and moral -- God and ethics -- What's right and wrong? Ethical theory. Relativism -- Deontology -- Consequentialism -- Virtue ethics -- But what's right when? Practical ethics. Environmental ethics -- Animal welfare -- Abortion -- Homosexuality -- Punishment and capital punishment -- Assisted suicide -- The epilogue: does TV erode our values?.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9781444343007 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Television broadcasting--Moral and ethical aspects.
Television broadcasting--Social aspects.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN1992.6 / .W395 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 170