Morality and journalists: objectivity versus duty of care

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dc.contributor.authorLeshilo, Thabo Maphike
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T10:18:53Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T10:18:53Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Applied Ethics for Professionals, Johannesburg 2018en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this research report I address the question: Do journalists have a moral duty towards those they report on beyond the objectivity requirement of their job? I use the famous example of freelance photojournalist Kevin Carter and his iconic photograph of a starving Sudanese child, seemingly on death’s door and being stalked by a vulture. He was roundly condemned for shooting the image but doing nothing to save the child’s life. I examine this classic example of the observance of the journalistic standard of objectivity and non-intervention, against the Kantian imperative to respect human life. I contrast this with two examples in which, in my view, journalists acted correctly in terms of Kantian ethics by putting human life above their own, narrow professional roles and interests.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianXL2019en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (v, 78 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationLeshilo, Thabo Maphike (2018) Morality and journalists: objectivity versus duty of care, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/27227>
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/27227
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshMass media--Moral and ethical aspects
dc.subject.lcshJournalistic ethics
dc.subject.lcshJournalism
dc.titleMorality and journalists: objectivity versus duty of careen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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