The Phantom of Pure Ethos

Rhetoric Review Jan 2024

Nathan R. Wagner University of North Georgia

Abstract

Ethos is an inherent characteristic of persuasion in commonplace scenarios. The acceptance of everyday communicative practices compels belief and trust in language usage, often without question of simple statements. A more substantial understanding of the perceived ethical quality of language usage will afford a richer view of communicative acts, cultures, politics, and events. Three areas of language usage and appearance determine this ethical quality: communion, occasion, and occurrence. Combined, these areas suggest how the phenomena of language usage, particularly within epideictic rhetoric, is not inherently factual in-itself but projects the illusion that it is such.

Journal: Rhetoric Review
Published: 2024-01-02
DOI: 10.1080/07350198.2023.2286145
Open Access: Closed
Topics: argument

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