Ethical Principles in Global Media

Human social relationship requires adhering to principles of ethics, and the wider the range of communication would be the stronger the need for adhering to virtuous ethics becomes. A number of thinkers in the field of ethics hold that variety and diversity of cultures in today’s world have made it impossible for us to determine any shared ethical principles for humans. However, the author of the present paper believes that there are five fundamental ethical principles, all stemming from the common nature of humans, which can be suggested as the common fundamental ethical principles in global media. These principles, which are not at all at odds with varieties and diversities in ethical cultures of different communities, include: human glory, freedom of speech, equality and non-discrimination, social consensus, and social welfare.