TY - JOUR AU - Christians, Clifford G. PY - 2014/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Review of international media ethics JF - Comunicação e Sociedade JA - revistacomsoc VL - 25 IS - 0 SE - Velhas questões, novos desafios DO - 10.17231/comsoc.25(2014).1855 UR - https://revistacomsoc.pt/index.php/revistacomsoc/article/view/868 SP - 34-48 AB - <p>An international orientation has been a primary goal of media ethics, especially since the&nbsp;MacBride Report (1980), as can be seen in cases, issues and codes of ethics that have been&nbsp;adopted in different countries. But work in ethical theory has also been increasingly committed&nbsp;to an international perspective, and three examples of it (besides the classical Habermas’ discourse&nbsp;ethics) are discussed in this essay: feminist ethics of care, African communal ethics, and&nbsp;Confucian media ethics. All these theories emphasize, in their specific ways, three major ethical&nbsp;principles – truth, human dignity, non-violence – that emerge from a common protonorm, a kind&nbsp;of first belief that can be found in all religions, philosophies, and cultures: the sacredness of life.&nbsp;Given the dilemmas and moral issues that the media face in today’s volatile world, a commitment&nbsp;with these universal values will give communication education and practice long-term vitality.</p> ER -