Is There a Duty to Read the News?
| Autor: | Amy Berg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Moral Philosophy. :1-25 |
| ISSN: | 1745-5243 1740-4681 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/17455243-20223972 |
| Popis: | It seems as though we have a duty to read the news – that we’re doing something wrong when we refuse to pay attention to what’s going on in the world. But why? I argue that some plausible justifications for a duty to read the news fail to fully explain this duty: it cannot be justified only by reference to its consequences, or as a duty of democratic citizenship, or as a self-regarding duty. It can, however, be justified on the grounds that we have a positive, imperfect duty of respect for strangers, even when our actions don’t affect them directly. Reading the news is a key way, sometimes the only way, that we can respect those who are strangers to us. I close by considering some of the implications and limitations of this duty. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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