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| Contents |
Reification and empty abstraction -- The apparent demise of liberalism -- Liberalism as "good politics" -- Direct elective and sub rosa politics -- Wells of ignorance -- Framing issues in politics : separation of church and state -- Rights and responsibilities -- Methodological liberalism and its limits -- Liberalism and practical reason -- Application of a liberal frame to family and children issues -- Political argument and conservatism -- Prudential conservatism -- Utilitarian conservatism -- Confucian conservatism -- Rhetorical aims and modes : appeals and responses -- The rhetoric of experts -- Rhetoric of story telling and expository modes -- Organization and arrangement : limitations in the use of frames and perspectives -- Variety of logical appeals : appeals to logos -- Ethical appeal : "person" as a forensic term -- Truthfulness and lying and the conventions of advocacy -- Authenticity and hypocrisy and the conventions of advocacy -- Varieties of rhetorical criticism and the limits of interpretation -- Difficulties in dealing with presumption -- Deceptions, blunders, and confusions -- Appendix: A taxonomy of rhetorical and logical flaws. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-274) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007003053 |
| ISBN | 1403984018 (hc : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781403984012 (hc : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1403984026 (pb) |
| ISBN | 9781403984029 (pb) |
