Publication

2000 - Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa

Language

English

Word Count

46,750 words, Guess

Page Count

187 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100813820405
  • ISBN-139780813820408
  • Goodreads973671
  • Library of Congress Control Number99462344
  • OCLC Control Number43186156
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780813820408
  • Open LibraryOL118163M

Classifications

  • DDC174/.9097
  • LCCPN4756 .M385 2000
  • LCCPN4756.M385 2000

Description

Legacy of Wisdom: Great Thinkers and Journalism introduces the reader to the ideas of more than 30 great philosophers, writers, and intellectuals - from Confucius and Plato, to Machiavelli and Kant, to Simone de Beauvoir and Sissela Bok - and the ways their ethical systems apply to journalism and journalists today. Author John C. Merrill provides brief sketches of each thinker as "intellectual springboards" for journalists and journalism students seeking motivation and ethical guidance in their professional lives. Legacy of Wisdom explores the variety of ways that the philosophies of some of history's great thinkers apply to such timeless debates and subjects as press freedom and responsibility; the nature of objectivity and truth; the journalist's use of power; duty and the journalist; language use, style, and propaganda; and the complex relationship between mass media and society. Merrill's book is a valuable primer for the reader's entry into the world of the great thinkers and journalism. He includes a helpful glossary of philosophical terms.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography

Other Editions

  • Legacy of wisdomIowa State University Press2000

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