The Ethics of Subliminal Advertising

As we’ve discussed in class this semester, the existence of rhetoric has always been paired…

Summary of Rhetoric

Rhetoric is everywhere in our lives in language. “If language is in the air, rhetoric is the weather.” People have always been fighting and trying to get in out of the fights with persuasion. As we learned ethos is the attempt to establish a speaker’s authority with the audience, logos is the…

To Persuade or Not: Ethical Concerns of Utilizing Rhetoric

Good Rhetoricians and Good Rhetoric

The Quintilian argues that one cannot be a good rhetorician without being a good person. Many critics of this statement would pick on what constitutes a good person, but my issue lies with the lackluster definition of a good rhetorician. What does it mean to be a good rhetorician, let…

Einstein and The Time Machine

Rhetoric…The art of bullshit some might say, yet are they right? Rhetoric is often used in media, politics…

The Ethics of Rhetoric

Rhetoric tends to go hand in hand with ethics. While the use of rhetoric can produce a lot of good, it also can have a lot of negative effects. The best example of this can be seen in one of our class discussions on war rhetoric. For instance, Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler both knew…

Wartime Rhetorics

When I reflect on the ethics of rhetoric I immediately think about the discussion of wartime rhetorics in my class. We…

Rhetoric

Taking this class has changed the way I view rhetoric. I now see that the art of rhetoric is everywhere. I believe I appreciate rhetoric more because I now see how it is applicable in many different fields of communication.

The Ethics of Rhetoric: A Personal Response

In regards to rhetoric, it is built entirely on the ethical appeal of each and every…