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The greatest task of moral theory today is to transform itself into a global ethics that challenges dominant forms of parochial ethics, from ethno-centricity to nationalism and political realism. We should be radical in the ways of moral invention, envisaging a global ethics and a global media ethics for our interconnected world.
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Ward, S.J.A. (2015). The Moral Priority of Globalism in a Media-Saturated World. In: Rao, S., Wasserman, H. (eds) Media Ethics and Justice in the Age of Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137498267_2
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