13 6 Digital Media Ethics: Overview, Frameworks, Resources Chapter overview A synopsis of digital media ethics Basic ethical frameworks 1. Utilitarianism Strengths and limits (a)How do we numerically evaluate the possible consequences of our acts? (b)How far into the future must we consider? (c)For whom are the consequences that we must consider? 2. Deontology Difficulties ... 3. Meta-ethical frameworks: Relativism, absolutism (monism), pluralism Ethical relativism Ethical absolutism (monism) Beyond relativism and absolutism: Ethical pluralism Strengths and limits of ethical pluralism 4. Feminist ethics Applications to digital media ethics 5. Virtue ethics Virtue ethics: sample applications to digital media 6. Confucian ethics Confucian ethics and digital media: sample applications 7. African perspectives Applications Notes
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