What's good on TV? understanding ethics through television / Jamie Carlin Watson and Robert Arp.
| Author/creator | Watson, Jamie Carlin |
| Other author | Arp, Robert. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, |
| Description | xiii, 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. Moral 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? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011009294 |
| ISBN | 9781405194761 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1405194766 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781405194754 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1405194758 (pbk. : alk. paper) |