Department/School
Communication and Journalism
Date
2008
Document Type
Article
Keywords
media ethics, virtue ethics, Aristotle, pedagogy
Abstract
This essay explores the tendency of undergraduate media ethics students to do what Bernard Gert calls “morality by slogans” and their tendency to misuse Aristotle’s golden mean slogan. While not solving the dilemma of morality by slogans, the essay suggests some ways of rectifying the misuse of the golden mean and encouraging its more authentic application.
Published in
Journal of Mass Media Ethics
Included in
Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons
Citation/Other Information
Wyatt, W. (2008). Being Aristotelian: Using virtue ethics in an applied media ethics course. Journal of Mass Media Ethics 23.4. 296-307.