ABSTRACT

This chapter explores the liberal governance of media content in two parts. The first identifies ethical complexities associated with media content regulation in general, and digital technologies in particular. It employs the concept of casuistry, a case-based approach to knowledge and ethics, to suggest that such a non-foundational approach to media ethics has implicitly informed the conduct of media classification organisations. The second part considers such governance through the Review of the National Classification Scheme undertaken by the Australian Law Reform Commission, of which the author was chair.