Walter Lippmann’s Ethical Challenge to the Individual

Steve Urbanski

SAGE Open, 2012, vol. 2, issue 1, 2158244012440812

Abstract: This essay analyzes in hermeneutic fashion random concepts of the individual from three of philosopher Walter Lippmann’s major works, Liberty and the News , Public Opinion , and The Phantom Public . The article addresses the following: By considering Lippmann’s multileveled representation of the individual, 21st-century media professionals can become empowered to avoid emotivism and strive toward a more narrative-based form of ethics. The article compares and contrasts Lippmann’s representation of the individual with John Dewey’s Great Community and Daniel Boorstin’s notion of the pseudo-event.

Keywords: individual; narrative; emotivism; ethics; pseudo-events (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244012440812

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