An Analysis of Moral Reasoning in Journalism

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (2) : 115-124.

Luo Bin, associated professor at School of Journalism and Media in XinjiangUniversity of Finance and Economics. Email: luobinxinjiang@163.com.
This paper is the initial result of the research fund project “Study on the communication development strategy of Xinjiang radio and television on Central

Asia” (Project Grant No. 2013 XYB027).

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Abstract

In journalism we can use moral reasoning to solve some moral controversial events without clear codes of ethics depended on. Moral reasoning can be summed up as moral deductive reasoning, moral analogic reasoning and moral dialectical reasoning.

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Journalistic ethics / moral reasoning / moral codes / journalistic practice

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LUO Bin. An Analysis of Moral Reasoning in Journalism[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2014, 36(2): 115-124

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This paper is the initial result of the research fund project “Study on the communication development strategy of Xinjiang radio and television on Central

Asia” (Project Grant No. 2013 XYB027).