Maatian Ethics in a Communication Context

ISBN-13: 9780367344825 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 116 str.

Melba Velez Ortiz

Opis

"Maatian Ethics in a Communication Context explores the ethical principle of Maat: the guiding principle of harmony and order that permeated ancient African political and civil life"--

O autorze

A native of Puerto Rico, Melba Vélez Ortiz earned her PhD in Communication Ethics from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009. Her areas of research are communication ethics and global environmental communication. Her work examines the ways in which the long-term success of conservation efforts depends upon fundamental shifts in cultural values, in aesthetic and moral communication, and in shared understandings of how the individual fits into social and ecological communities. She has a passion for intellectual history and ancient approaches to ethics. Her current research examines the ecological and communicative dimensions of ancient Pan-African ethics and values. She is Past-Chair of the Ethics Division of the National Communication Association and her research has been recognized and awarded at the national level. In addition, Dr. Vélez Ortiz has researched and published in the area of Latin-American/Caribbean/Latina-o philosophy and intellectual history.