Sunday, 6 March 2011

Professional Ethics (5c)

Looking at the sources helped me think of ethic dilemmas that occur in  my own professional practice, for example Case study 2:Ethics in photography about Kevin Carter.
With the objective to capture a rare moment on film the documentary photographer let a impoverished girl die when he knew he could of prevented it.
There are always two sides of every story so I decided to take a theoretical approach; Consequentialist, weighing up whether the outcome of the photo winning a Pulitzer Prize or him committing suicide for extreme guilt justifies/Balances out for the Sudanese girls life?
Everyone has their own opinion, from my perspective it is Morally wrong therefore I am taking a deontologist approach right or WRONG?
Where as if I were to think about Virtue ethics; the character of the moral agent and the given circumstances of his project. The photographers were instructed no to touch anyone for fear of epidemics.Therefore some could take that into consideration, however looking at his moral behaviour wouldn't your instincts be to save the child!?

 Reading the Professional ethics has made me find many hidden ethical dilemmas in our profession, relating to my recent inquiry of singing as a communication, that I hadn't previously thought of. We all listen to the radio often which has a high percentage of its broadcasting time playing music worldwide. An ethical dilemma within this area of communication is whether the material being broadcasted is always appreciate.

For example the shocking stories in the news about Chris Brown being accused of domestically violating Rihanna in February 2009. This public leak has had an affect on his music career but is the extent of it enough. His music is now played on the popular radio stations and soon enough he'll be touring again gaining a huge fan base. What kind of example is that setting for these fans?
I find this ethical dilemma causes many normative questions...
Taking the process of applied ethics; Does the sentence he received of 180 days of labor service in Virginia, five years of probation and was ordered to attend a domestic-abuse program for a year. Justify him being allowed to remain a hit making music star? Is this an acceptable resolution of the moral problem?
Moral axiology-Is what he was accused of classed as EVIL? against the GOOD consequences and what are they?
Is the growth of Rihannas fan base and success of her recent music due to this trauma?
Everyone should have the right to practice their art but is it right for him to gain such extreme success?
Analysing ethical problems and Using the moral theories I've learnt about in this reader result in more and more normative questions in everyday moral dilemmas.

References-
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://dailybabel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Kevin-Carter.png&imgrefurl=http://dailybabel.com/2009/10/16/united-nations-food-programme-world-food-day-billion-hungry/&h=288&w=457&sz=700&tbnid=EWYGv403iKETTM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkevin%2Bcarter%2Bphotos&zoom=1&q=kevin+carter+photos&usg=__ohlENFqf3hwR0p5J1CMENa4gGjI=&sa=X&ei=CLFzTdrlDcPPhAew6JRJ&ved=0CB0Q9QEwAg
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1614470/legal-expert-talks-chris-brown-sentence.jhtml

1 comment:

  1. Thanx for doing my survey Jo. I really appreciate it.

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