What's good on TV? [electronic resource] : understanding ethics through television / Jamie Carlin Watson and Robert Arp.

By: Watson, Jamie CarlinContributor(s): Arp, Robert | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011Description: xiii, 303 pISBN: 9781444343007 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Television broadcasting -- Moral and ethical aspects | Television broadcasting -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 170 LOC classification: PN1992.6 | .W395 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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?.
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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.

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