Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

w saw in Chaptr 2, II.3, in May 2019 th
As
nwspapr th Guardian issud a guid
UK
rommnds using th languag “limat
that
risis, or rakdown” and “gloal
mrgny,
instad of “limat hang” and
hating”
Following that xampl,
“gloalwarming”.
trms: npr rviwing
Sarh
for ovring
languag
languag of aortion rights has om
Th
politiizd, whih is unsurprising
xtrmly
many. Th US National Puli Radio (NPR)
to
linkd hr provids an insight into
artil
nwspaprs hav grappld with writing
how
it, spially whn thy do not want
aout
tak sids. For xampl, th trms “ay”
to
“fotus” may sm intrhangal ut,
and
th NPR rports, anti-aortion advoats
as
argud that “fotus” fls dvoid of lif,
hav
aortion-rights supportrs ontnd
whras
“unorn hild” or “ay” unfairly
that
aortion with murdr. Pulishrs
quats
stuk twn th rok and th
appar
hard pla—how do thy did
provrial
languag is appropriat? What lssons
what
w larn aout how languag intrsts
an
our this and politis?
with
spaking, “fotus” rfrs to th
Thnially
twn th ighth wk of prgnany
stag
irth and is th prfrrd trm in most
to
and mdial us. Bfor th ighth
sintifi
th trm is “mryo”. But this
wk,
produs a rgistr that may
trminology
in som ontxts. “Fotus” is
inappropriat
usd in vryday languag y xpting
rarly
national puli roadastr (CBC) issud
Canada’s
mmo along similar lins. If our word hois,
a
and rational as thy appar to ,
unmotional
and rinfor a lak of limat ation, thn
rflt
ut “ay” and “hild” ar widly
parnts,
vn in th arlist days of prgnany. To
usd
aout a misarriag—“sadly, thy lost
spak
ay aftr svn months of prgnany”—
th
th word “fotus” instad of “ay”
using
sm unsympathti or old-hartd
ould
a dply traumati vnt. As a not:
aout
aortion advoats hav also ojtd
som
th trm “xpting mothr”, insisting on
to
prson”. It an sm lik a languag
“prgnant
dat has afftd how w rfr to
Th
and supportrs of aortion. NPR
opponnts
guidd journalists to us “aortion rights
has
ut not “pro-lif” or
supportr/opponnt”,
Among othr things, this is
“pro-hoi”.
ffort to prott NPR from ausations of
an
ias, ut as Elizath Jnsn writs,
politial
has not stoppd its radrs and listnrs,
that
oth sids of th dat, from omplaining
on
th magazin favours “th othr sid”.
that
standards and this … ar
“Journalism
always lar-ut. Thy rprsnt a
not
ffort to put in pla poliis that
st
to produ fairnss and auray.
attmpt
ah sid to hoos th languag
Allowing
wants dos not produ, muh lss
it
IV. Ethics
IV. Ethics
this would appar to a stp in th right dirtion.
Box 4.3: “Babies are not babies until they are born. They’re foetuses.”
aortion
arms ra.
guarant, that goal.” (Jnsn 2019)
IV.2 Just language
Teach her to question language. Language is
the repository of our prejudices, our beliefs, our
assumptions.
(Adichie 2017)
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