波特方格与伦理抉择模式

The Potter Box and the Mode of Ethical Choice

新闻事业的最高理想是探究和传播真相,但如何发现事实并接近真实并非易事。哈佛大学拉尔夫.波特所提出的波特方格为信息传播者打开了另一种思路。其要义在于:新闻从业者不但要分辨和厘清事实,他同时还要坚持恰如其分的价值观和哲学原则,对职业的忠诚意味着对职业理想的忠诚。这正是伦理学的新闻价值观所拓展的新视野,其宗旨是对事实的全面而准确的观照。

The best ideal of journalism is to find out the truth and communicate it, but how to find the facts and to approach the truth is not so easy. The Potter Box advanced by Ralph Potter from Harvard University widens the communicators＇ train of thoughts. The sense of it lies that the journalists should not only recognize the facts but also stick to suitable values and philosophy principles. Loyal to one＇s occupation means that one should be devoted to his or her ideal of such cause. It is the very new vision journalist values of Ethics broaden. It aims at treating the facts accurately and thoroughly.