chapter 2 ethics and public speaking. introduction public speaking should ideally be governed by a...
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Chapter 2Ethics and Public Speaking
Introduction• Public speaking should ideally be governed by a strong sense
of integrity• Quintilian: “The ideal of speechmaking is the good person
speaking well.”
Importance of Ethics• Asks us to consider if a given action is moral or immoral, fair
or unfair, just or unjust, honest or dishonest
Capital Punishment
Importance of Ethics• Plato: In an ideal world, all speakers in a public forum would
be “truthful and devoted to the good of society.”
Guidelines for Ethical Speaking• Personal ethical frameworks
Implications for Speaking• Don’t overestimate how closely your “frameworks” match
• Rhetorical strategies for communicating ethics
• Be mindful of how you evaluate appeals to ethics
Guidelines for Ethical Speaking• Preparation!• Ethical obligation against providing erroneous information or
misleading advice• Seek out opposing viewpoints
Guidelines for Ethical Speaking• Honesty• White lie vs. “blatant contempt for the truth”• Outright lying vs. “less damaging yet still unethical behavior”• Avoid name-calling and other abusive language
Guidelines for Ethical Speaking• Name-calling and personal dignity• Dehumanization• Not just about being “PC”• Links to stereotypes• Destructive social force
On Stereotypes…
On Stereotypes…
Guidelines for Ethical Speaking• Name-calling and free speech• Prevents free-flow of ideas• Promotes ad hominem arguments
• Strategic vs. ethical decisions
Plagiarism• From the latin “kidnapper”• “to plagiarize means to present another person’s language or
ideas as your own - to give the impression you have written or thought something yourself when you have actually taken it from someone else.”
Types of Plagiarism• Global plagiarism• Patchwork plagiarism• Incremental plagiarism• Plagiarism in the internet age