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Journalistic Ethics and Kierkegaard, 2006.
An analysis of philosopher Soren Kierkegaard's ethics as they apply to a new theory of journalistic ethics.
3,245 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper discusses journalistic ethics, according to the views of philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard. It begins with a brief look at the various theories of journalistic ethics that have held sway in the past. The paper then presents cases demonstrating their inadequacies. It then re-examines those cases under the Kierkegaardian system of teleological suspension of the ethical qua journalism and discusses the possible objections to and complications of this approach.
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"In the organic process through which ethical weeds inevitably sprout wherever civilization ploughs fresh soil, modern society may have broached a new continent. Surely this can be said with respect to journalism. Technological advances, innovative political tactics, and the ever-more competitive relationship between government and press all contribute to a proliferation of ethical dilemmas for which there exists no adequately vigorous effort to account. When the old approaches to journalistic ethics, having never foreseen the complexity our times, prove themselves antiquated, journalists must pursue new ways to understand the ethics of their craft. The answer, I submit, lies in the writings of nineteenth century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, whose sees the finite nature of ethical dimensions and transcends them through a teleological suspension of the ethical. Before wading into the intricacies of Kierkegaard, though, I would first like to sketch the structure of this essay."
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Journalistic Ethical Issues, 2001.
Discussion of 1998 "60 Minutes" broadcast depicting Dr. Jack Kevororkian employing physican assisted suicide. Background & implications of broadcast; limitations of journalistic conduct; boundaries.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 22 sources, $ 103.95
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" This research paper discusses the journalistic ethical issues associated with that portion of a broadcast by CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday evening, November 22, 1998 which dealt with the topic of euthanasia or physician assisted suicide (PAS) of terminally ill patients and which included the replaying of portions of a videotape showing Dr. Jack Kevorkian injecting a lethal drug into a 52 year old man, Thomas Youk, who was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Introduction
Basic Facts Concerning 60 Minutes. 60 Minutes is a television newsmagazine which is owned outright by CBS Inc., a publicly-owned corporation, and which has been presented on prime time since 1972. It has consistently been among the top.."
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Journalistic Ethics, 1999.
Examines the freedom of the press vs. ethical reporting, code of ethics, the role of court, examples of questionable ethics, invasion of privacy and coverage of celebrities. Includes an outline.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 79.95
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"Freedom of the Press is a phrase given high value in the American system, but it is not an absolute. Freedom of the Press is found in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and the courts give great importance to this amendment when considering competing rights.
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"Freedom of the Press is a phrase given high value in the American system, but it is not an absolute. Freedom of the Press is found in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and the courts give great importance to this amendment when considering competing rights. Still, there are cases where the courts find that the press goes too far, and the public often believes this is true. Unethical behavior by the press is behavior that goes against a fundamental and protected individual right and that does so by breaking one of the elements of the currently adopted Code of Ethics. Recently, the Society of Professional Journalists held a meeting in Arlington, Virginia at which those attending the convention voted on a new Ethics Code. The code contains the four principles seen as most important in ethical behavior for journalists by this group..."
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Journalistic Gender Stereotyping, 2005.
The paper investigates how "Time" magazine stereotyped First Ladies Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton during their husbands' first term in office.
13,116 words (approx. 52.5 pages), 72 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This study investigates media stereotyping of American First Ladies Laura Welch Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton principally using quantitative and qualitative content analysis. The research explores the amount and qualities of "Time" magazine's news coverage during their husband's first terms of office to establish, (i) who between Mrs. Clinton and Mrs. Bush is framed as most often politically active and (ii) who between them is more negatively stereotyped. Hypotheses predict that the most politically active First Lady will attract more media coverage and more negative stereotypes. Both hypotheses were supported by the research, which indicate that Hillary Clinton was framed both as the most politically active and negatively stereotyped of the two.
Table of COntents
I.Introduction
Etymology of Stereotypes
Scholarship on Gender Stereotypes
Stereotypes & America's First Ladies
II.The First Lady in American History
Early Interest in First Ladies
Scholarship Since the 1980s
Hillary Clinton & Laura Bush
III.Methodology
Data Collection
Setting
Coding
IV.Findings
V.Discussion and Conclusion
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"Across the globe, women are poorly represented in many facets of life - economic, political and scientific - despite the fact that they constitute the majority of the world's population. For example, females represent only about three per cent of all historical figures in Western civilization (Catell, 1903; Eisenstadt, 1978). In addition, only about one per cent of the notable contributors to science and technology are female (Simonton, 1991a)."
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Kierkegaard's Abraham, 2002.
An analysis of "Knight of Faith" by Kierkegaard and his presentation of Abraham.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper will discuss Kierkegaard's "Knight of Faith" and the model that Abraham makes for this ideal. In Kierkegaard's three modes of being, Abraham exemplified the highest form of being. This paper will discuss the transition to the "Knight of Faith". Also discussed is how Abraham had a duty to God and his saintly side of character in Kierkegaard's model. These aspects of his philosophy will be discussed to reveal the nature of Kierkegaard' idea of a knight.
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Descartes and Kierkegaard on Faith and Truth, 2002.
This paper discusses Kierkegaard's and Descartes' positions on the knowledge of truth.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 71.95
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The paper examines Kierkegaard's discussion on Abraham having faith in the test that God placed upon him in terms of sacrificing Isaac. Kierkegaard shows how Abraham had a faith that went beyond this world. This is why Kierkegaard writes that "faith begins precisely where thought stops." (Kierkegaard, p.20) This reality of innate knowledge was connected to Descartes' conception of matter. Descartes saw matter as being separate from consciousness. He believed in innate and universal truth.
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Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, 2005.
An examination of Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, on the individual in relation to faith and society.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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The argumentative paper analyzes excerpts from both Nietzsche and Kierkegaard. The paper discusses the individual's response to faith, which for Nietzsche is a poor substitute for the will, and for Kierkegaard is a positive force. The paper explores several quotations beyond the specified passages, concluding that Nietzsche and Kierkegaard have radically dissimilar approaches given that they are both from European cultures.
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"Nietzsche and Kierkegaard on the Individual in Relation to Faith and Culture. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) and Soren Kierkegaard's ideas are more than familiar to us in the early 20th century, significant for having offered radical alternatives to then 'mainstream' cultures, in their own times. When Nietzsche ventured in, The Gay Science, "who are we anyway?", in this question alone, he presented a strong challenge to central European popular culture that remain rooted in Christian or Judeo-Christian notions of social membership as they had become combined, over time, with bourgeois and literate culture (p.286)."
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Kierkegaard's "Sickness Unto Death", 2006.
A review of "Sickness Unto Death" by Soren Kierkegaard.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper considers how Soren Kierkegaard in his work "Sickness Unto Death" examines the nature of the human being specifically in terms of Christianity. Kierkegaard was an early proponent of a philosophy that would become Existentialism, expressed as a reaction to the abstract rationalism of Hegel. The paper further discusses that when Kierkegaard refers to the "sickness unto death," he is referring to a lack of awareness of the self, which he says afflicts those who are not Christians. He also refers to the sickness unto death as despair and so as a sickness of the spirit, with the human being described as spirit.
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"Soren Kierkegaard in his work 'Sickness Unto Death' examines the nature of the human being specifically in terms of Christianity. Kierkegaard was an early proponent of a philosophy that would become Kierkegaard describes the mind as awakening itself to self-awareness by following a series of stages leading to universal consciousness and to Absolute Thought. Those suffering from the sickness unto death do not experience this level of development, of course, for they are beset by a despair that Kierkegaard describes as an "agonizing contradiction, this sickness in the self, everlastingly to die, to die and yet not to die, to die the death. For dying means that it is all over, but dying the death means to live to experience death; and if for a single instant this experience is possible, it is tantamount to experiencing it forever" (Chapter 1 Section C)."
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Kierkegaard, Theology and Faith, 2002.
A discussion of theology and faith in the thinking of Soren Kierkegaard.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper will discuss the Kierkegaard's thinking on both theology and faith. It will be argued that at the heart of his discussion of both issues is his critique of the inherent weaknesses of traditional theology. It will be seen that Kierkegaard perceived the damage that modern theology - rooted in Scriptural textual analysis - was capable of inflicting upon Christianity. Thus, Kierkegaard argues for a faith based upon paradox and belief instead of reason or theology. The significance of this perspective is that it allows for the existence of faith in a secular age where textually foundationed theology is no longer capable of survival as a coherent tradition.
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Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling", 2002.
Analysis of Kierkegaard's views on the trial of Abraham.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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The question implied in the parable of Abraham seems to be one of practical ethics as opposed to the less clear rules and requirements of faith, a concept seen as largely aesthetic, as opposed to ethical, by Kierkegaard and one that was also problematic, at large, to he and his contemporaries. Kierkegaard comments that he cannot explain Abraham's position accurately and that he did not become the person he was by way of sin as this was often understood by the ancients to bring understanding and eventual privilege when overcome, at great personal cost. Instead, Abraham presents to Kierkegaard a righteous man who nonetheless, reached a quandary in which he was called upon to prove his faith without doubt.
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Wartime Embedded Journalists, 2004.
A look at the controversial issue regarding the danger posed to military personnel by embedded journalists.
1,258 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper looks at arguments on both sides of the issue concerning embedded journalists and whether or not they pose a risk to the safety of soldiers in the field. The paper points out that the danger posed by the journalists is often related more to the amount of military information they expose to the public that really should not be revealed and not to the direct safety of the soldiers. The paper concludes that, while on some level, the embedded journalists do increase the risk exposure of soldiers, it might be better that they are embedded rather than running helter-skelter all over the place. Articles used as sources are appended to the paper.
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"There have been war correspondents in virtually every U.S. military engagement. During the Civil War, a photographer named Matthew Brady was out there on the battlefield not exactly snapping pictures, but laboriously preparing the glass plates in the back of his horse-drawn darkroom. So embedding journalists in with the U.S. military during the recent, and continuing, war in Iraq would not seem to be any different, and certainly no more dangerous than having Brady rattling around the cannonballs. Granted, some journalists have died in Iraq, but some, like NBC?s David Bloom, died from medical conditions not related to warfare. Even military spokespersons have relatively little to say about the impact on troops of protecting journalists? lives. Of course, the few soldiers who died in the relatively few attempts to save journalists in war zones, some of which will be mentioned below, might have a very different viewpoint about that. "
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Nietzsche and Kierkegaard, 2005.
An analysis of philosophical passages from Nietzsche and Kierkegaard.
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The paper analyzes two passages, the first from Nietzsche's "The Gay Science" and the second from Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling". The paper examines how the passages present two perspectives on the crisis of individual consciousness and action in terms of its relationship to a higher being or deity in the modern context. The writer shows that the passages from Nietzsche and Kierkegaard display, in light of the texts from which they came, two distinct conceptions of the relationship of man to God.
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Soren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling", 2006.
This paper discusses Soren Kierkegaard's masterpiece "Fear and Trembling", which describes the authors notion of faith.
1,255 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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This paper relates that, in his book "Fear and Trembling", Soren Kierkegaard considers Abraham's climbing up the mountains to sacrifice his son, even though Abraham could not understand the command, as an act of blind and ultimate faith. The author points out that the concept of infinite resignation---when the tragic hero tries to make major leaps of faith and hopes to get nothing in return because he believes to have submitted to faith---is used by Kierkegaard in rather negative terms. The paper relates that, compared to infinite resignation, a knight of faith believes that acts of faith must be done repeatedly and regularly, feels that these acts must be "made in virtue of the absurd" and considers that the reward comes in the form of "gaining the finite".
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"Knight of faith is described as someone who gives up everything for faith but believes to be amply rewarded for all his actions. He is a simple man with an honest and sincere belief that he will be rewarded. Abraham as a knight of faith "The knight of faith is someone who is able to remain fully committed to an absurd action with faith that, as Kierkegaard says, through the absurd the object which was resigned will be granted back through the infinite." Infinite is something that is not within the boundaries of rationale and the phenomenon is unexplainable because when one accepts the repercussions of an action and acts..."
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God's Existence: Kierkegaard Refuted, 2002.
An examination of Kierkegaard's argument of God's existence.
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This paper discusses the arguments of Soren Kierkegaard and C.S. Lewis regarding whether the existence of God can be proven by reason and logic. Kierkegaard's Against Proof in Religion and Lewis' Mere Christianity are the primary sources. The paper concludes that Lewis offers convincing logical proof that God exists.
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Kierkegaard's Paradox, 2005.
This paper examines Kierkegaard's philosophy about a paradox between Reason and Passion.
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This paper describes Kierkegaard's basic paradox between Reason and Passion and its ultimate expression. The paper explains that this is the attempt to describe the existence of God, which is the name he gives for the Unknown. The paper illustrates how according to Kierkegaard, it is impossible for human Reason to know or describe the Unknown, yet it is the ultimate goal of Reason. The paper shows how this is what creates the paradox.
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"The 19th century Dutch philosopher Sen Kierkegaard believed that paradox was integral to a philosopher or thinking man, because it created passion and without both of those, philosophy and thought was meaningless. This created a paradox for the serious philosopher, because reason being a matter of thought and intellect is the opposite of passion, being of feelings and emotions. He believed that paradox created passion, but without passion the thinker could not be inspired to create his philosophy, but that at some point there would be a "collision" of Reason and passion, and that this would be the undoing of one or both of them, because it is in the nature of the paradox of Reason and passion to try to destroy each other. Kierkegaard said, "The supreme paradox of all thought is the attempt to discover something that thought cannot think.""
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