Taking on the press

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David Parker

Chaque titre de cette collection à caractère didactique invite les enfants à réfléchir sur divers comportements, attitudes et valeurs morales qui favorisent les bonnes relations en société et l'épanouissement personnel. Le texte, rythmé par la répétition, tient en une courte phrase par page, s'appuie sur des exemples clairs et se clôt sur une question qui engage le jeune lecteur à expliquer comment il peut intégrer les notions apprises à son propre quotidien. Une piste d'exploitation pédagogique est proposée par l'auteur sur la quatrième de couverture. -- Des illustrations naïves animent la plaquette ayant tour à tour la saveur des textes moralisateurs et des mantras. [SDM].

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Raphael Cohen-Almagor

"Speech, Media, and Ethics: The Limits of Free Expression is an interdisciplinary work that employs ethics, liberal philosophy, and legal and media studies to outline boundaries to freedom of expression and freedom of the press. Moral principles are applied to analyse practical questions that deal with free expression and its limits. Part One deals with recent controversies over freedom of expression. It addresses the right to demonstrate, the right to picket the private homes of public officials, and the right to compete in elections, suggesting boundaries to these basic rights. Part Two focuses on freedom of communications and media ethics, a very timely concern in the Western world. It considers the concept of 'the public's right to know' and its ethical constraints. The essays analyse some of the basic principles, and fallacies, of the media, offering ethical limits on their work while emphasizing that these limits should be self-imposed rather than imposed from above by the legislature or the courts."--Jacket.

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Bryon Cahill

The freedom to worship is a sacred right protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Learn how the freedom to express one's religious beliefs continues to be a major source of conflict around the world.

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Marietta D. Moskin

Explains how and why different religions came about and what they provided their followers. Also discusses certain elements such as holy objects, religious laws, and the priesthood common to all faiths.