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MA Creative Digital Media Ethical Practice (CDME4008)

MA Creative Digital Media Ethical Practice (CDME4008). Kant, universal freedom and the rational being. Questions of freedom. MA Creative Digital Media Ethical Practice (CDME4008). How can we be free without compromising the freedom of others?

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MA Creative Digital Media Ethical Practice (CDME4008)

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  1. MA Creative Digital MediaEthical Practice (CDME4008) Kant, universal freedom and the rational being

  2. Questions of freedom MA Creative Digital MediaEthical Practice (CDME4008) How can we be free without compromising the freedom of others? If we are all free, how can we live in a safe world? Must we never treat people as means to our needs?

  3. Human nature and rationality MA Creative Digital MediaEthical Practice (CDME4008) Dignity is an innate human quality Freedom defines us as moral agents As moral agents we are duty-bound to protect and promote the freedom and dignity of all others

  4. Human nature, rationality and transparency MA Creative Digital MediaEthical Practice (CDME4008) “According to Kant, any possible harm that stems from a lie is not what makes it immoral. It is immoral because by its very nature it assaults our capacity for rational thought and thwarts the exercise of our free will.” (Plaisance, 2009)

  5. MA Creative Digital MediaEthical Practice (CDME4008) Kant’s three types of beings or objects:

  6. MA Creative Digital MediaEthical Practice (CDME4008) Wesen Gregenstände Objekte

  7. MA Creative Digital MediaEthical Practice (CDME4008) Wesen: projected ends, desires or objects of one’s will These have no value except that of being willed or desired by someone. (Atwell, 1986, quoted by Patrick Lee Plaisance in Media Ethics: Key Principles for Responsible Practice, Sage 2009)

  8. MA Creative Digital MediaEthical Practice (CDME4008) Gregenstände: natural, non-rational objects that are not dependent on one’s will, e.g. trees, stones, animals These have only a relative value, specifically, a value of means alone. (Atwell, 1986, quoted by Patrick Lee Plaisance in Media Ethics: Key Principles for Responsible Practice, Sage 2009)

  9. MA Creative Digital MediaEthical Practice (CDME4008) Objekte: rational beings, which are considered ends in themselves These have an absolute value… a dignity… “objects” of respect or, at least, their humanity or personality is. (Atwell, 1986, quoted by Patrick Lee Plaisance in Media Ethics: Key Principles for Responsible Practice, Sage 2009)

  10. MA Creative Digital MediaEthical Practice (CDME4008) Kant’s categorical imperative

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