Authorial Ethics: How Writers Abuse Their Calling

by Robert Hauptman

Book Overview

Authorial Ethics is a normative study that deals with the many ways in which writers abuse their commitment to truth and integrity. It is divided by academic discipline and includes chapters on journalism, history, literature, art, psychology, and science, among others. Robert Hauptman offers generalizations and theoretical remarks exemplified by specific cases. Two major abrogations are inadvertent error and purposeful misconduct, which is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739185977
• ISBN13: 9780739185971
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"