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16557
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
OT(15H)/TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Philosophy
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Entry requirements |
Not applicable
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Learning outcomes |
This course aims to enable students to:
- critically examine the philosophical foundations of ethics, including virtue ethics, consequentialism, and deontology;
- understand the specific professional deontology of journalism, including its normative, legal, and institutional basis;
- analyze ethical dilemmas in journalistic practice, such as truth, responsibility, neutrality, bias, power relations, and public commitment;
- explore the vocational, professional, and public dimensions of journalism, evaluating tensions between mission, profession, and resistance;
- reflect on the relationship between journalist, public, and truth, considering ethics of care, otherness, and narrative responsibility;
- develop analytical competencies in ethical reasoning and professional judgment.
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Syllabus |
Philosophical Foundations of Ethics and Critical Attitude
Core concepts: action, duty, virtue, utility, responsibility, and moral judgment. Critical reflection on decision-making in public and professional life according to virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and deontology.
Ethical Paradigms and Professional Application
Comparison of classical models and their relevance for moral deliberation.
Professional Deontology in Journalism
Nature, function, and limits of deontological codes; legal and institutional framework; duties, rights, and social responsibility of journalists.
Responsibility, Vocation, and Journalistic Dilemmas
Journalism as vocation and profession; analysis of ethical dilemmas under the ethics of responsibility.
Journalist, Public, Power, and Truth
Ethical relationship between journalist and public. Tensions between neutrality, bias, and the interaction of information and power.
Truth, Narrative, and Practical Application
Analysis of cases and professional trajectories.
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Main Bibliography |
ARISTÓTELES. Ética a Nicómaco. 2024
BENTHAM, J. (1789). An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. 2000
CÓDIGO DEONTOLÓGICO DO JORNALISTA. 1993
CORNU, D. Jornalismo e Verdade. 1999
ESTATUTO DO JORNALISTA: lei 1/99
FOUCAULT, M. A coragem da verdade. 2011
- “A ética do cuidado como prática de liberdade”. 2004
- “O que são as Luzes?”. 2004
- “O que são as Luzes?”. 2011
GILLIGAN. Uma voz diferente. 1982
GIROUD, F. Profissão jornalista. 2002
HABERMAS, J. Teoria da ação comunicativa. 2023
JONAS, H. O Princípio responsabilidade. 2011
KANT, I. (1785). Fundamentação da Metafísica dos Costumes. 2014
MILL, J. S. Utilitarismo. 2005
POLITOVSKAYA, A. Nada mais do que a verdade. 2023.
RICOEUR, P. Si-mesmo como outro. 2014
SEYMOUR M. H. Reporter. A memoir. 2018
SCIASCIA, L. O contexto. 1987
SCIASCIA, L. O dia da coruja. 2024
WEBER, M. A Política como Vocação / A Ciência como Vocação. 2017
VOLTAIRE. Tratado sobre a tolerância. 2023
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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