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Telecommunications — the FCC’s ‘Fairness Doctrine’ [Business Ethics Cases series]

My video lecture on the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial “Fairness Doctrine,” part of the Business Ethics Cases series. Contents:1. The early days of radio and a tragedy of the commons.2. What is fairness? Two competing answers.3. The argument for the “Fairness Doctrine.”4. The argument against the “Fairness Doctrine.”5. Related issues: whether politics is special, whether […]

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Role models in ethics

Stephen Hicks here contrasts egoism, altruism, and predation by means of the role models they recommend. This is from Part 5 of his Philosophy of Education course. Clips 1-2: Previous: Altruism’s solution: selflessness, sacrifice, lose/win service to others. Next: Cases: money, sports, sex, gifts, charity. Return to the Philosophy of Education page. Return to the

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