Katz Article
- a piece can be written "technically correct" if it has all of the parts that the technical piece requires but still have "flaws" in regards to other types of rhetoric (ethics/ethos)
- in persuasive argument we have learned in my speech class two types:
- problem solution
- problem cause solution
- how can you use logic to persuade
- making the voice of the argument less personal (to remove responsibility)
- sometimes technical writing can make a topic trivial and vague emotionally
- clear, easy to understand
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- to write well is to have power
- can do good or bad things
- Cicero: the good man speaking (ethical, moral)
- Ex. Hitler, a good speaker, rhetorician, influenced many people --but without virtue
- "put weapons in the hands of madmen"
- what words are not used?
- PROBLEM: that it is so stripped down emotionally on a topic that has a lot of emotion tied to it.
Ethics
- where do they come from?
- teachers, parents, peers, Bible, laws (government and natural), religion, conscience, media, societal norms, experience (nature vs. nurture), role models, employer,
- Philosophy --> Logical (things we don't think about)
- What's wrong? Why?
- hitting, cheating, stealing, lying, killing, adultery, incest, selfishness, greed, lust, gluttony, envy, laziness
- What's right? What's the value?
- honesty
- loyalty
- protection of property
- Without ethics?
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