Virtue ethics has emerged as a distinct field within moral theory - whether as an alternative account of right action or as a conception of normativity which departs entirely from the obligatoriness of morality - and has proved itself invaluable to many aspects of contemporary a…
This book addresses questions surrounding the feasibility of a global approach to ethical governance of science and technology. The emergence and rapid spread of nanotechnology offers a test case for how the world might act when confronted with a technology that could transform …
Current anxiety about the future of news makes it opportune to revisit the notion of professionalism in journalism. Media expert Waisbord takes this issue as his theme and argues that 'professional journalism' is both a normative and analytical notion. It refers to reporting tha…