Table of Contents

Introduction by Clifford G. Christians and John C. Merrill; Part I. The Altruistic Stance: Loyalty to Others; Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama: Universal Compassion by John C. Merrill; Jesus: Loving Neighbors by Mary Hulst; John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism by Raphael Cohen-Almagor; Carol Gilligan: Ethics of Care by Lee Wilkins; Martin Luther King Jr.: Personalism by William Babcock; Mother Teresa: Ethics of Sacrifice by Janice Hume; Part II. The Egoistic Stance: Loyalty to Self; Aristotle: Self-Development by Lee Anne Peck; Nietzsche: Becoming an Ubermensch by Clifford G. Christians; Machiavelli: Pragmatic Realism by John C. Merrill; Camus: The Rebellious Spirit by David Gunkel; Kautilya of India: Social Egoism by John C. Merrill; Ayn Rand: Rational Self-Interest by John C. Merrill; Part III. The Autonomy Stance: Loyalty to Freedom; Henry David Thoreau: Value of Solitude by Stephanie Craft; John Locke: Natural Rights by Patrick Lee Plaisance; Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Courage v. Authority by Ronald C. Arnett; Paulo Freire: Face Saving and Communication by Ronald C. Arnett; Hannah Arendt: Public as Authority by Maurine Beasley; Part IV. The Legalist Stance: Loyalty to Authority; Plato: Elite Norms by Lee Anne Peck; Muhammad: Honor-Centered Morality by Mohammad A. Siddiqi; Kant: Importance of Duty by Lee Anne Peck; Moses: Deontological Norms by William Babcock; Hobbes: Submission to Leviathan by Stephen J. A. Ward; Part V. The Communitarian Stance: Loyalty to the Community; Confucius: Ethics of Character by Virginia Whitehouse; Gandhi: Fellowship of Power by Lee Wilkins; Marx: Transcending Alienation by Jon Bekken; Dewey: Democratic Conversation by Lee Wilkins; Habermas: Consensus and Citizenship by David S. Allen; Levinas: Priority of the Other by Ronald C. Arnett.

About the Author

Clifford G. Christians is Research Professor of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, and his books include Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning, now in its eighth edition. John C. Merrill is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Missouri - Columbia and author or editor of more than two dozen books, including most recently Media, Mission, and Morality.