You are the photo editor for your local newspaper on August 12, 2017. You are presented with Ryan Kelly’s violent photo showing a driver at a White nationalist rally driving into a crowd and hitting an African American man who goes flying through the air, as seen in Chapter 14 in your text. In a brief essay, provide an argument for either running or not running the photo. Justify your decision using one of the ethical principles we’ve discussed.

What will be an ideal response?


Examples to this question may involve running the photo on the front page, running the photo on an inside page, running the photo only on the paper’s website, or not running the photo at all. Justifications for running or not running the photo can be found in the textbook in the discussion of the golden mean, the categorical imperative, the principle of utility, the veil of ignorance, and social responsibility ethics.

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