Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society Oct 2016 RSS Open Access

The Moral Act of Attributing Agency to Nonhumans: What Can Horse ebooks tell us about Rhetorical Agency?

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“We are emotionally and morally invested in attributing agency, and because of this, it’s important that we also learn to be guarded and cautious about the engagement.”

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Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society
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2016-10-04
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