A new year, a new term and a new class with a new topic; spring 2011 will be with focus on (media)ethics.

When discussing ethics there are many different definitions, moral is a part of ethics and could be defined as; what is right or wrong? Where ethics is more the study of standards and why we think things are right or wrong. What you think is ethical may not be ethical for me or for your nabour. And ethics can be a never ending discussion and people can have a hard time agreeing, seeing as ethics is based on standards and every individual has different standards that they live to. 

A guidline for if something is ethical can be if it can caused any kind of harm! This can be many different kinds of harm, from direct physical harm to emtional and mental harm. And it can be at many different levels, from harming someones whole life(rape etc.), to just hurting them with for a minute(negative remark). And then it is up to the individual to set the line/boundry from ethical to unethical.

The world cant be perfect just as any human being cant be perfect, but it would be ideal if the world could be then it would fullfill the lyrics of this song
In my dream theres a place without war
no more guns, no more pain no more hurt
it’s a world full of joy without sadness
people sing, people dance with all happiness

Chorus
Take me to my dream
love is everything
where there is no war
and the children sing
love is all around
it’s the only thing in a dream that must come true

In my dream theres a place were it’s clean
no more waste in the air and the sea
so there’s place will be pure and all healthy
you can live your life in heaven

Chorus

But I know it’s just a dream
Will it ever change this life
Hope one day it will turn around
Into the place that I dream about

Take me to this dream
love is everything
where there is no war
and the children sing
love is all around
it’s the only thing in a dream that must come true

in a dream that must come true

Then we would not have to worry about ethics as the world would be filled with only good and we would not have to consider this question i will end of with;
Should we aim to help the greater good or should we just save our own ass (sorry for the expression) and be selfish?