Public Relations, Cooperation, And Justice: From Evolutionary Biology To Ethics
by Charles Marsh 2021-01-10 00:21:45
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Modern approaches to public relations cluster into three camps along a continuum:conflict-oriented egoism, e.g. forms of contingency theory that focus almost exclusively on the wellbeing of an entity;redressed egoism, e.g. subsidies to redress PR''s ... Read more

Modern approaches to public relations cluster into three camps along a continuum:

  • conflict-oriented egoism, e.g. forms of contingency theory that focus almost exclusively on the wellbeing of an entity;
  • redressed egoism, e.g. subsidies to redress PR''s egoistic nature; and
  • forms of self-interested cooperation, e.g. fully functioning society theory.

Public Relations, Cooperation, and Justicedraws upon interdisciplinary research from evolutionary biology, philosophy, and rhetoric to establish that relationships built on cooperation and justice are more productive than those built on conflict and egoistic competition. Just as important, this innovative book shuns normative, utopian appeals, offering instead only empirical, materialistic evidence for its conclusions.

This is a powerful, multidisciplinary, and well-documented analysis, including specific strategies for the enactment of PR as a quest for cooperation and justice, which aligns the discipline of public relations with basic human nature. It will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of public relations and communication ethics.

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  • 9.21 X 6.14 X 0 in
  • 304
  • Routledge
  • April 17, 2017
  • English
  • 9781138944206
Charles Marsh is Commonwealth Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and Director of the Project on Lived Theology. He is the author of several award-winning books, including Str...
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