Ethical Argumentation

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Jan 1991

Kevin Possin Winona State University

Abstract

Ironically, just doing the right thing is often easier than organizing one's thoughts and arguments concerning an ethical issue. This article examines a legalistic model for ethical argumentation proposed in this journal by T. M. Sawyer and finds it to have serious problems and limitations. Also illustrated is how argument from analogy is better suited to the task of discovering and presenting well-defended ethical positions.

Journal: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published: 1991-01-01
DOI: 10.2190/a6yh-p2g7-tj07-4nlw
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multimodality multilingual writers argument

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