The Ethics of Rhetoric
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The Ethics of Rhetoric

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
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The Ethics of Rhetoric

About this book

Weaver's Ethics of Rhetoric, originally published in 1953, has been called his most important statement on the ethical and cultural role of rhetoric. A strong advocate of cultural conservatism, Weaver (1910-1953) argued strongly for the role of liberal studies in the face of what he saw as the encroachments of modern scientific and technological forces in society. He was particularly opposed to sociology. In rhetoric he drew many of his ideas from Plato, especially his Phaedrus.

As a result, all the main strands of Weaver's thought can be seen in this volume, beginning with his essay on the Phaedrus and proceeding through his discussion of evolution in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial." In addition, this book includes studies of Lincoln, Burke, and Milton, and remarks about sociology and some proposals for modern rhetoric. Each essay poses issues still under discussion today.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Acknowledgement
  7. I. The Phaedrus and the Nature of Rhetoric
  8. II. Dialectic and Rhetoric at Dayton, Tennessee
  9. III. Edmund Burke and the Argument from Circumstance
  10. IV. Abraham Lincoln and the Argument from Definition
  11. V. Some Rhetorical Aspects of Grammatical Categories
  12. VI. Milton’s Heroic Prose
  13. VII. The Spaciousness of Old Rhetoric
  14. VIII. The Rhetoric of Social Science
  15. IX. Ultimate Terms in Contemporary Rhetoric
  16. Index