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OverviewThis ecology of ethics seeks to balance the needs of the individual and those of the various levels of community. As James A. Mackin, Jr., shows, both modernism and postmodernism have undermined the traditional foundations for ethics. Using an ecological model, however, Community over Chaos develops a common ground for ethical judgments about communication, thus countering the current theoretical climate of pessimistic cynicism toward the very possibility of ethics. This theoretical pessimism is not merely an academic problem. The general public is becoming more and more disillusioned about the possibility of ethical communication. We are unable to teach principles of communicative ethics in our primary and secondary schools because we cannot agree on a common ground for those principles. Instead, we teach a narrow form of competence that is concerned primarily with short-term, individual success. Because our communities are built on our communicative practices, our inability to justify communicative ethics must ultimately lead to the disintegration of our communities. Mackin's ecological model assumes that each of us is a communicative system operating within larger communicative systems that together form our communicative ecosystem. Virtues of the ecological approach are practical wisdom, based in fuzzy logic, and communicative openness and honesty. Mackin recognizes the importance of both chaos and community in our communicative ecosystems. Chaos, as the source of originality and creativity, can contribute to growth and development; community provides the source of regularity and nurture that makes chaos endurable. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James A. Mackin, Jr.Publisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press Edition: First Edition, 1st ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.624kg ISBN: 9780817308605ISBN 10: 0817308601 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 30 April 1997 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsMackin's work makes a meaningful contribution to the field by elaborating an ecological perspective within the context of the issues and traditions now animating communication ethics. This book deserves the attention of those who wish to learn what the best of the postmodernists have to teach us without giving up the sense of communal responsibility that has distinguished the best of the rhetorical tradition. --John R. Lyne, University of Pittsburgh Author InformationJames A. Mackin, Jr., is Associate Professor of Speech Communication at Tulane University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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