The Ethical Basis of Public Values: Focusing on I. Kant"s Deontology and J.S. Mill"s Teleology

This chapter examines how the advent of data-driven publishers, such as BuzzFeed and the Huffington Post, as well as the rise of the Big Five platforms, have shaken the news sector’s economic, technical, and social foundations. The proliferation of online audience metrics and algorithmic filtering, promoting the personalization of news and advertisements, has fundamentally transformed how news is produced, circulated, and monetized. The triangular content–audiences–advertising configuration that constituted the legacy news industry is unbundled and rebundled through online platforms. As a consequence, the professional practices and institutional standards once set by legacy news organizations are seriously challenged. Key public values, such as journalistic independence and the trustworthiness of news, have come under scrutiny as new online players in this sector reconfigure the conditions of production and distribution.

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Selling international law enforcement: Elite justifications and public values

Research & Politics ◽

10.1177/2053168020956789 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 205316802095678

Author(s):

Melissa M. Lee ◽

Lauren Prather

Keyword(s):

Law Enforcement ◽

International Law ◽

Public Support ◽

International Order ◽

Third Party ◽

Public Values ◽

Norm Enforcement ◽

The Usa ◽

The Law ◽

Order Increase

International law enforcement is an understudied but indispensable factor for maintaining the international order. We study the effectiveness of elite justifications in building coalitions supporting the enforcement of violations of the law against territorial seizures. Using survey experiments fielded in the USA and Australia, we find that the effectiveness of two common justifications for enforcement—the illegality of a country’s actions, and the consequences of those actions for international order—increase support for enforcement and do so independently of two key public values: ideology and interpersonal norm enforcement. These results imply elites can build a broad coalition of support by using multiple justifications. Our results, however, highlight the tepidness of public support, suggesting limits to elite rhetoric. This study contributes to the scholarship on international law by showing how the public, typically considered a mechanism for generating compliance within states, can impede or facilitate third-party enforcement of the law between states.

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Introducing New Guidelines on Geoheritage Conservation in Protected and Conserved Areas

Geoheritage ◽

10.1007/s12371-021-00552-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Roger Crofts ◽

Dan Tormey ◽

John E. Gordon

Keyword(s):

Practice Guidelines ◽

Best Practice ◽

Communication To The Public ◽

The Public ◽

Best Practice Guidelines ◽

The World ◽

New Guidelines ◽

The Many ◽

Ethical Basis ◽

Improve Practice

AbstractThis paper introduces newly published guidelines on geoheritage conservation in protected and conserved areas within the “IUCN WCPA Best Practice Guidelines” series. It explains the need for the guidelines and outlines the ethical basis of geoheritage values and geoconservation principles as the fundamental framework within which to advance geoheritage conservation. Best practice in establishing and managing protected and conserved areas for geoconservation is described with examples from around the world. Particular emphasis is given to the methodology and practice for dealing with the many threats to geoheritage, highlighting in particular how to improve practice for areas with caves and karst, glacial and periglacial, and volcanic features and processes, and for palaeontology and mineral sites. Guidance to improve education and communication to the public through modern and conventional means is also highlighted as a key stage in delivering effective geoconservation. A request is made to geoconservation experts to continue to share best practice examples of developing methodologies and best practice in management to guide non-experts in their work. Finally, a number of suggestions are made on how geoconservation can be further promoted.

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