This idea of this lecture was pretty straightforward for me; what is good or bad in journalism? What is ethical or unethical? What I didn't know about were the ethical theories:
- Deontology
- Consequentialism (aka Teleology)
- Virtue
Deontology is the rules, principles and duties of a journalist. These rules define what is an ethical or unethical story and the correct means of getting the story. Codes of journalism such as MEAA code, PRIA code, AFA code and ANNA code fall under deontology.
Consequentialism is getting the best story no matter the means or breaches of ethics.
Virtue is the "goodness" of journalism, and the good habits. These habits refer to courage, justice, temperance and prudence.
This lecture was pretty reassuring for me, as I have always assumed that journalists are always consequentialists. Knowing that there is actually a set of rules that dictates the fairness of journalism helps me to aspire to be a good journalist; an ethical journalist.
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