Thursday, February 10, 2011

Ethics

What is your favorite piece of media you saw recently?
Inception the movie

Why did you like/dislike it so much?
Cool sci fi concept of covertly entering someone's dream and psyche to retrieve information.

How did you feel after you saw it?
I wanted to fall asleep and dream.

Did you think or understand anything new?
Perhaps that the unconscious mind is capable of so much complexity.

Do you think the piece said anything (overtly or covertly) about the world, about the way people live in it?
The complexity in which the unconscious mind operates may often lead to life-changing revelations in the conscious world.

Do you think this media is ethical or has ethical concerns behind it?  What constitutes ethical media?
This movie has not crossed any ethical boundaries.  Ethical media has the responsibility to its audience to 

What would unethical media be?  Is there a difference between media that is about moral or ethical notions; versus media that is not about ethical issues, but where the maker has taken them into account in the making?

Unethical media may contain information that is offensive or considered deviant in relation to the social norms of our habitat.  Media that is about moral or ethical notions tend to  

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