Chapter 12

This was a great chapter to wrap up our semester in Communication Ethics. The chapter discusses three aspects to Communication Ethics Literacy and Difference, Pragmatic, Crisis Communication, and Communication ethics literacy. The main thing that comes to mind after reading this chapter is our classroom discussions.  Over time we all learned what was acceptable in terms of communication by interacting with each other. The book says, "Keeping conversation going in such an era begins with meeting what we do not know, which permits learning and ironically, sheds more clarity on the ground or position upon which we stand," (pg. 211). As we began the semester no one knew how this class was going to communicate their ideas but we learned from each other establishing certain ground rules and respect for everyones opinions. Everything leading up to this chapter is tied together- common sense, our public/private arenas, and intercultural communication ethics come to mind. We all learned what was right and wrong growing up, but we learned them differently. But that still allowed us to learn and communicate effectively. This chapter shows the importance each of these different steps plays in what you might call successful communication.