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Ethics of War Propaganda
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Ethics of War Propaganda
Examines uses, abuses, aims & effectiveness of propaganda in WWII & later.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
11 sources |
1999
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" WAR PROPAGANDA: ETHICAL ISSUESThis research paper deals with the ethical issues involved with the use of propaganda in wartime by totalitarian and democratic governments. No nation can be expected to wage war with one hand tied behind its back, but ethical issues of the most profound nature are raised any time propaganda is used in such a manner as to promote atrocities such as genocide or wanton destruction of human life, especially among non-combatants. Regimes which fail to control the excesses of war fever may be guilty of crimes against humanity and, in the case of democratic regimes, a betrayal of their basic values. Jacques Ellull goes too far when he says that ethics play no part in the use of propaganda in war, but he is correct historically in the sense that propaganda has frequently been used in an ethically neutral.."
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Ethics of War Propaganda (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Ethics-of-War-Propaganda/13556
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"Ethics of War Propaganda" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Ethics-of-War-Propaganda/13556>
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