The Book about Rhetoric: is it Worth Reading? Jay Heinrichs is a New York Times best selling author thanks to his book, Thank You For Arguing; what Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach us about the Art of Persuasion . He is a leading expert in the study of persuasion and applies his knowledge of ethos, pathos, and logos to construct his position. Heinrichs also brings to play what he has learned from his 25 year long career as a journalist, as well as his lifelong study of rhetoric and applies it to his book.…
Introduction An Educational leader has an awesome responsibility. There are many challenges as well as opportunities to address. Critical to being successful is the ethical compass which guides your decision making. Every decision should be made for the common good.…
Open Your Eyes In the first chapter, Heinrichs explains that the most important part of an argument is to be able to use rhetoric so the argument goes your way. Heinrichs states that a person needs to persuade the audience in their argument so the argument can go their way. He uses examples from an everyday life to show how humans are easily persuaded like and alarm, a smoke detector, and even a cat. Other tools Heinrichs uses to help get an argument to go your way would be to use seduction, to change the audience’s mood, or chiasmus, which get people to take action and listen to what you have to say.…
The DEC and NAEYC codes of ethics exposed some important reminders of why I truly want to be part of a profession that place important values when considering all children, all families investing in the early childhood (EC) field and individuals willing working within this field to increase the quality care that govern our profession. I have worked within this field in various capacities that made me question the individuals I worked for and how I viewed and valued the (EC) profession. The DEC codes in particular discuss the enhancement of children’s and families quality of life when investing in child care development. Under this code #2 we should be able to identify professionals that recognize the responsibility to improve the developmental…
My artifact is a speech given by the rhetoric, Donald Trump, president elect of the United States. At the time this artifact was produced, Trump was still running for office against Hilary Clinton and was not yet elected for president. On June 22, 2016, Donald Trump decided to do an “Anti-Hilary” speech. This speech was to conclude that Hilary Clinton cannot be the next president of The United States simply because she was not fit. His goal is to persuade the target audience to not vote for Hilary.…
We all have morals and values that we hold true to ourselves, but what happens when we realize our persuasion can gain us an advantage at the expense of others? There are unwritten rules that one must follow when using persuasion that makes it ethical in nature and eliminates any unfair advantage or gain for the speaker. In Plato's Phaedrus, Plato looks at not only the responsibilities of the speaker when using persuasion, but also that of the audience to create a fair and ethical platform for persuasion. Insert info on Plato’s background Speakers often exude a power that must be used within the restraints of their ethical obligation to the audience. In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates believes that people of power, in this case politicians, aren’t…
In the NASW Code of Ethics is the core of social workers work ethic. A social workers job and responsibility are to enforce: The Ethical Principles which are the six core values. Service- Assist people who need assistance, and addressing social problems they are experiencing. To encourage social workers to volunteer their skills and knowledge, and do Pro Bono Services for the client who needs the service.…
The Fairfax county 's code of ethics is supported by six core principles that honesty, public service, respect, responsibility, stewardship, and trust (Fairfax County). However, ADR office deals with addressing and resolving workplace complaints, where confidentiality, voluntary process, mutual agreements, and impartial third party are major ethical boundaries. I studied about theory of ethical relativism that emphasizes on people 's different standards of evaluating acts as good or bad. These standard beliefs are true in their particular organization or circumstances, and the beliefs are not necessarily example of a basic moral values. It also takes a position that there is no moral right and wrong.…
Societal values are always changing and evolving. One might follow the basic biblical rule, Matthew 7:12; do unto others, as you would have them do unto you. Although, this theory changes as we evolve as a human race, dependant on religious and or political views at any given time. Cultural diversity is the cultural mixture or ethnic groups within society. The basic societal value is to accept the differences we all possess from one another.…
The persuasive tool known as rhetoric has been associated with modern language for many years. The art of rhetoric aims to inform, persuade, and motivate the audience to whom the speech is being addressed. The roots of rhetoric style stretch back to thousands of years ago and has ever since been a constant debate whether it is ethical or unethical. One writer in particular, Plato, felt that rhetoric never leads to anything good, and was only used for bad purposes. Using rhetoric as a persuasive tool is ethical and should be practiced through modern day language.…
As the 2016 Presidency Election gets closer, debates are heating up. With chaos erupting within the United States and outside of it with their allies, candidates are using a combination of specific dialogue and empathy towards the events to persuade their audience to elect for them for Presidency. This specific dialogue, for the most part, is what communication scholars would label as rhetoric speaking. According to McGraw-Hill Company, Rhetoric Theory is the available means of persuasion.…
Thus the relationship between speaker and audience is to speak, “asymmetric,” as it is the speaker who casts a spell over the audience, not the other way around” (Conley, 1990, p.6). As a reader, I could infer that Conley did not think this kind of approach was ethical. Conley thought that the approach was flawed because it meant that the speaker had the power to persuade their audience to go against their strongly held…
When we communicate, not only do we want other people to understand the message, but also we try to affect their beliefs or actions by using persuasion. Communication always involves at least one message, transmitted by a source, via a medium, to a receiver, within a situational context (Simons, 1976). Persuasion is a way of communication to influence other people to make them to do actions, pursue goals that they would have not otherwise. It differs from other ways to influence for three reasons: (1) it does not imply the use of force, but makes an appeal to the person’s free choices; (2) it claims that the goal or action proposed by the persuader is in the interest of the person being persuaded, and (3) it aims at influencing through communication…
According to (Dillard, 4), people find ways to convince others for a variety of reasons. In trying to communicate a message, individuals express what they are interested in. Because the dynamics of behavior influence are so diverse, the Goal-Plan-Action theory explains a simple acceptable idea about communication which involves three components. The first component is the goals which were defined as future states of affairs that one seeks to achieve in future. The goals motivate the plans.…
The National Association of Social Workers also known as the NASW was established in October in 1955. The NASW is an organization of social workers that developed and maintain professional standards of practice. The organization contains about 140,000 members and has the largest membership of professional social workers. The NASW protect their members and enhance their professional status by adopting the NASW Code of Ethics.…