Personal Epistemology and Ethics:
Epistemology basically means the theory of knowledge and how we understand the
things that revolves around us. Human beings have their set of thinking and ethics and it varies
from each respective person. To me, my life decisions are the things that drives my morality
and my ethics in everyday life. To me, my understanding of the things that exist is the work
of God. He created this world for us human beings to thrive and flourish and in return to pray to
him to thank him.
For a philosopher such as Plato, he believed that we are imprisoning our souls in our
bodies and for our souls to return to the Realm of Forms, we have to accept the
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It is their own ethics and we
follow our own ethics. Even for the field of study that I am currently based in Mass
Communication, although we ourselves have our own set of ethics. However, due to mass
communications being part of the society now, we have to follow its guidelines in order to not
create problems in the social enterprise and the media market.
This is to ensure that people would not follow your own ethics and to some, it could
cause friction within society and also it may be going against others point of view or daily
ethics. The media world ensures its own use of its ethics, the world would be in total
eudemonia. There would not be problems and conflict. Aristotle's way of reaching the highest
goal was to identify its highest function. And that function is by understanding the media's
respective ethics.
That is the reason why people have to study the ways of the rational theory of mass
communications so that mistakes can be avoided in the future and if mistakes do happen, it will
not be repeated again. Both practical and theoretical theory have to wok hand in hand to
My personal ethics have been formed through family influence, religious beliefs, life experiences, my internal reflection and the culture in which I was raised.
All businesses understand that they must use effective communication in order to do well as a business, without communication the business will be a mess and would not run successfully. Using communication allows the employees and offices to stay up to date with the businesses progress and what is currently happening. To use effective means of communication all employees would be in a way trained in order to understand communication and use the most effective means for it. This is done in advance to checking that communication is understood by the recipient.
“Ethics is concerned about what is right, fair, just or good; about what we ought to do, not just about what is the case or what is most acceptable or
The mass media has become a big part of our society and its counterparts. In a time span of 50 years this medium has influenced society to an extent where it has created wonders. This immaculate tool can control almost every action we perform, from speaking to the actions that every human being performs in society. The mass media has brought upon a new era of idea's and changes in the world we live in. As we analysis media in depth we will find many aspects of media which overlap and some of the smallest factors and aspects of media, which create the biggest impact on society.
Each action we take as humans determines our personal character and ethical theories guide us and teach us right from wrong (Mosser, 2013).
Communication is essential in everyday life. The more efficient and effective we communicate the better quality of life we can achieve not only for ourselves but for those around us. We need communication for numerous reasons: -
In conclusion, managing communication in the organisation is important so as to perform basic functions. Managers should be effective communicators with high levels of fluency and professionalism and must be aware of the communication cycle to achieve team goals. Effective communication within the workplace like in the company’s technical office keeps the team involved in the delivery of customer focus which increases commitment to the organisation and make for a better relationship and understanding within the team. An effective communicator understands the communication process using the appropriate communication channel such as verbal, non-verbal or written communication. The correct use of the process helps to uncover barriers and determine effective preventive steps to avoid those barriers. Furthermore, within the communication cycle, it is essential to get regular feedback, which also helps evaluate and improve the communication process which in turn can be used as a basis to develop personal development plans, identify communication strength and weaknesses
Hunter Smith Phil 111 Professor Yong 24 February 2017 Essay 1 Plato expresses his personal convictions and beliefs through the dialogues of his teacher, Socrates. In the Phaedo dialogue, Plato presents four arguments to support his idea that the soul is immortal, and will live on after the body no longer exists. The four arguments presented in Phaedo are the argument of Opposites, Recollection, Affinity, and the final argument of The Forms. These arguments have been analyzed throughout the ages receiving not only praise, but at times, criticism for seeming insufficient and weak. On the contrary, the strongest of the arguments for the immortality of the soul presented by Plato are the arguments of Affinity and The Forms.
According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, ethics is defined as “moral principles that govern a person’s or group’s behavior.” Therefore, in an ideal world, ethics should play the ultimate role when making a decision. If ethics are the principles which guides one’s behavior then, ideally, all decisions should be made entirely based on ethics. Unfortunately, such is not always the case.
Within philosophy, ethics is the division that focuses on morality, which defines behavior as right and wrong. Ethical principles represent standard guidelines for behavior, while also justifying a person’s given course of action. Society defines what moral values and behaviors are held and legislated (DeNisco & Barker, 2016). Further, ethical principles include the concepts of autonomy, freedom, beneficence, fidelity. Autonomy entails a person’s desire to direct themselves, while freedom is the person’s right to do as they please. However, this right is contingent on members of a society agreeing, whether explicitly or not, to abide by behaviors that do not deceive or force others–behaviors that lead to peaceful interpersonal relationships. Beneficence is the person’s motivation to do good, and fidelity is the individual’s
explains his belief that the “soul exists before, and survives the body”. Plato 's beliefs of
This doesn't mean our values or ethics are wrong it just means we think differently than others.
Media has become a powerful source of knowledge, and a great breakthrough in human history. Who can regret that media is a daily need in our lives. Media has the ability and control to adjust to all levels of knowledge in people. Media helps us to escape from our daily lives and our problems in times of stress. Thou Media as proved to be beneficial by educating, entertaining and informing us, it has also have its downfall, to cause many bad influences to the younger audience. Media has influenced us to conduct bad behavior, breed violence among teens and fear to the public, thus causing a lot of negative conflicts among ourselves. Television, Music, Internet, and more, are just some of the media exposure that needs to be censored and
Media has always played a huge role in our society. For a long time media was one of the methods of controlling people and leisure. Nowadays media is one of the main part of our lives and our society, because
Everyday we are tested as individuals to make the right choice. How we view ourselves as individuals and how others view us are directly correlated to our moral decision-making. But morals are somewhat misleading. What might be a wrong decision for one person might be a solution to another. So how do we define morals? Do we follow Gods’ moral rules because to do so would increase out likelihood of obtaining salvation in the afterlife? Or is it simpler than that. Is God going to deny our entrance into heaven because we have run a stop sign here and there? No. I believe our moral values are much simpler than that. I believe that our moral decision-making comes from our upbringing of what is right or wrong. Our parents and