The focal point of this essay is to express the communication ethics exercised by the character or characters in the movie entitled Vera Drake. The movie Vera Drake provides different fields of communication, such as public discourse, interpersonal, and universal humanitarian communication ethics, which will be discussed in this essay. Therefore, communication skills revealed in the movie will illustrate, how communication is applied, managed, and, conveyed. Nevertheless, considering the climax of the movie, communication and ethics has played a dynamic role since Vera’s ethical “good” for helping young women who were in trouble, was an illegal preparation.
The era is 1950, and Vera Drake is a faithful, loving and nurturing wife, mother, and England citizen. Dreadfully, her life is interrupted after her arrest concerning illegal abortions. The arrest of Vera Drake submitted an array of emotions …show more content…
The police arrived after receiving the name of the person responsible for performing an unsuccessful abortion, which caused a young lady to be admitted to the hospital. The doctor expressed, how it was his legal obligation to inform the police concerning the name of the person who performed the abortion, and how “these people must be stopped.” The statement suggested by the doctor is an illustration of Universal humanitarian communication, which does not attend to the messiness of particulars, but to the principles that prescribe or dictate one’s duty. (Arnett, Harden, and Bell 2008, p. 87). Nevertheless, public discourse was active, since it does not offer the final answer, it is the place where one takes a grounded stance, engage the grounded stances of others, and makes a decision. In addition, public discourse seeks to protect the unprotected. (Arnett et al., 2008, p.102,
The era is 1950, and Vera Drake is a faithful, loving and nurturing wife, mother, and England citizen. Dreadfully, her life is interrupted after her arrest concerning illegal abortions. The arrest of Vera Drake submitted an array of emotions …show more content…
The police arrived after receiving the name of the person responsible for performing an unsuccessful abortion, which caused a young lady to be admitted to the hospital. The doctor expressed, how it was his legal obligation to inform the police concerning the name of the person who performed the abortion, and how “these people must be stopped.” The statement suggested by the doctor is an illustration of Universal humanitarian communication, which does not attend to the messiness of particulars, but to the principles that prescribe or dictate one’s duty. (Arnett, Harden, and Bell 2008, p. 87). Nevertheless, public discourse was active, since it does not offer the final answer, it is the place where one takes a grounded stance, engage the grounded stances of others, and makes a decision. In addition, public discourse seeks to protect the unprotected. (Arnett et al., 2008, p.102,