Ethics in Technical Communication

Name: Ethics in Technical Communication
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ISBN: 9780205274628

ISBN-10: 0205274625

ISBN-13: 9780205274628

Edition: 2000

Authors: Paul M. Dombrowski, Sam Dragga

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This book deals with ethics and value systems as they relate to technical and scientific discourse. While it covers several traditional ethical theories from classical to contemporary times, it also emphasizes that ethics is a personal matter of judgment. The book shows students how to become involved with thinking about and applying these theories to their own discourse. The fact that there are no easy answers to ethical questions is emphasized. Issues that are covered include how and why information is obtained and how it will be used; how the meaning of technical terms shift with the value perspectives behind them; and how science and technology can be used to put forth questionable…

Book details

List price: $116.80
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/11/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English




Theory and History



Nature of Ethics



Survey of Ethics in Rhetoric as Communication



The Ethics Tradition



Applications: Real Cases



Nazi Records: The Origin and Use of Information



Challenger Disaster: Information vs. Meaning



Tobacco and Death: When Is a Cause Not a Cause?



Star Wars: Hope vs. Reality



Applications: Hypothetical Cases



Ethics Exercises