Ethics Of Communicating: Insights from Aristotle

The field of climate change communication (CCC) has recently emerged to address the gap between scientific knowledge of climate change and public motivation to respond. Psychologists in this field have offered helpful strategies for improving the effectiveness of CCC, but their empirical research tends to neglect the ethics of CCC. Professor Melissa Lane of the Department of Politics at Princeton University looks to fill the gap in the field of climate change communication by recovering insights from Aristotle’s Rhetoric. By situating communication within an ethical relationship between speaker and auditor, emphasizing the agency and judgment of auditors, and highlighting ways to build trust, Aristotle offers an art of rhetoric that can help climate scientists communicate both ethically and effectively, and that more generally provides insights as to the relationship between expertise and democracy. For more information about this event click here. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country - David Schlosberg 05:50 What the Ancients Can Teach Us About Ethics, Virtue and Sustainable Living - Melissa Lane 50:10 Relationship Between Politics and Rhetoric - Duncan Iveson 1:01:05 Politics Neglecting Science 1:12:00 How Could Ethics Transform Communication? 1:14:45 Communicating Existential Risk 1:21:05 How Can We Standup Against Unethical Communication? 1:26:15 Whose Responsibility is it to Communicate Climate Change? Speakers Professor Melissa Lane (Keynote), Princeton University Professor Duncan Ivison, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.