your audience has feelings too - pathos and the "appeal to emotion"

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YOUR AUDIENCE HAS FEELINGS TOO Pathos and the “Appeal to Emotion”

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YOUR AUDIENCE HAS FEELINGS TOOPathos and the “Appeal to Emotion”

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ARISTOTLE’S RHETORIC

•Ethos – credibility•Logos – logic•Pathos – emotion

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ETHOS

LOGOS

PATHOS

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truthiness/ˈtruːθɪnəs/

The quality of seeming or being

felt to be true, even if not necessarily

true.

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PATHOS AND THE “APPEAL TO

EMOTION”: AN ARISTOTELIAN

ANALYSISAlan BrintonHistory of Philosophy Quarterly

Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul., 1988), pp. 207-219

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1. EVOCATION2. APPROPRIATENESS3. ACTION

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EVOCATION

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EVOCATIONWhat we should feel

•Tell a story•Arouse empathy•Establish relevant grounds for emotion

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APPROPRIATENESS

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APPROPRIATENESSProportion and direction

•Present evidence•Amplify /depreciate certain ideas•Focus our attention

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ACTION

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Emotions are the reasons for action, not just the causes of action.

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ACTIONWhat we should do about it

•Call on justified emotion•Propose reasonable action•The right thing, at the right time, in the right way

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1. EVOCATIONEstablish relevant grounds for emotion

2. APPROPRIATENESSFocus our attention

3. ACTIONThe right thing, at the right time, in the right way

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