Essay on Logical, Ethical, and Emotional Argumentation

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Ethos, pathos and logos are all rhetorical strategies that are used and studies today by many writers and students all across the world. They are there to persuade and appeal to the readers thinking. Ethos is the ethics used by the writer which is most often appeal to the reader through credibility. Pathos is emotion, so it is the appeal to the reader through emotion in the writing. Lastly, logos which is most often known as logic, therefore, it is the appeal to the reader through the use of logic throughout the writing

While the pro-choice group has political support, the pro-life members have ideals centered on ethics. Such ethics derive from religious beliefs, as those of Randall Terry, “leader of the militant anti-abortion group: Operation Rescue” (Randall Terry). Terry has led many protests at abortion clinics, causing public disruption and more than fifty arrests. Along his side are his wife and members of his church. This further shows the kind of people in support of life for the child to be. Although their reason to protest is rational, the methods for spreading their ideas are questionable. NAF (National Abortion Federation) has “reported more than five thousand crimes against pro-choice organizations, clinic members, and even new reports” (Raw Story). Among these crimes are, burglary, vandalism, trespassing, and stalking. In other words, these people claim to be pro-life, but will put lives in danger to send a message.Represented above is a political cartoon of a man holding up a sign saying: “PRO-government in your private LIFE.” This image suggests that being pro-life will lead to government intrusion in a woman’s privacy. The fact that a man is holding the sign, further emphasizes the growing support from men in this

Chapter 3 "Critical Thinking and Argument" of Andrea A. Lunsford's book Easy Writer, covers how to critically understand and make an educated argument. Lunsford first explains how to critically read and analyze the meaning or purpose of a text. Lunsford gives the reader a method to do this which includes previewing the text, taking notes, writing a summary of the text and the making an analysis of the work. Next Lunsford explains how to identify different types of appeals in a texts argument. These appeals include emotional, ethical and logical appeals. Emotional appeals center around personal values and human emotions. Ethical appeals deal with personal morals and the goodwill of humans. Logical appeals are based solely on facts and research.

As I slowly marched the 2.5 mile walk from the Lincoln Memorial to the Supreme Court in Washington DC, I was astonished to see the mass amount of people marching in unison with me. Chants such as, “Hey Hey! Ho Ho! Roe v. Wade has got to go!” rang through the air, and signs saying, “I am the Pro-Life Generation” were hoisted up into the sky, proudly presented to the crowd. A sense of unity lingered over the multitude of people. Traveling from states such as Hawaii, Alabama, and New York, people met at the nation’s capital, standing together for the fight for a human life. This was the March for Life. The United States is in a constant battle against the Catholic Church and its teachings about human life. Additionally, some Catholics disagree with the Church’s stance on this particular issue. The main cause of this debate revolves around when a human life begins.

In “The Torture Myth”, the author, Anne Applebaum successfully uses logos by including quotes from various sources to support her main claim. Her main claim is the following: “Perhaps it's reassuring to tell ourselves tales about the new forms of "toughness" we need, or to talk about the special rules we will create to defeat this special enemy. Unfortunately, that toughness is self-deceptive and self-destructive. Ultimately it will be self-defeating as well.”(Applebaum) Throughout the piece, she provides several expert testimonies to enforce her claim. The situation of this writing is to clarify what society thinks the effectiveness of torture is compared to the reality. The target audience of this piece is educated people that read the Washington Post, but more specifically law enforcement personnel and or agencies that can possibly use this information in the field. The purpose of this article is to inform society about the misconceptions regarding torture. Although people think that torture is an effective method, because of Applebaum's successful use of logos, diction, and repetition, it is understood that torture is ultimately self-defeating and self-destructive.

In many papers you will notice different types of persuasion that help the writer to give a reader a better of understanding of the paper. These types of persuasion are called rhetorical appeals. Each appeal has its own ability to give to the writer's paper, ethos is the credibility of the work the writer is using, pathos is appealing to the audience’s emotions, and lastly logos is the logical appeal. When writing a paper a person generally uses at least one rhetorical appeal to persuade their audience.

In Michael Levin’s “The Case for Torture” he argues for the use of torture to save the lives of innocent people. Levin’s main claim is a claim of value, weighing the lives of the innocent against the lives of the guilty. Levin mainly uses hypotheticals to frame his argument as a way to illicit an emotional response from readers. This method is effective because he’s discussing such a serious topic and hypotheticals allow the reader to be immersed in his argument. He frames the discussion around these scenarios that force the reader to think critically and logically about his position. Overall, Levin appeals to emotion to successfully convince readers of his argument.

Rhetorical strategies can produce an ethical, logical, or emotional appeal. An ethical appeal is generated when appealing to a person’s sense of right and wrong while appearing to be objective. A logical appeal is created when an argument is backed up with evidence from reliable sources such as scientific papers, autobiographies and real-life experiences. An emotional appeal is achieved by

“The Word “Nigga” Is Only for Slaves and Sambos” was written by Rob Nelson and first published in a university newspaper in North Carolina. Later on, the article was so meaningful that it was re-published in the academic journal, the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. In the article “The Word “Nigga” is only for Slaves and Sambos”, Rob Nelson uses ethos, logos, and especially skillful pathos appeals based on the history of slavery and the illustration about the future of African American, to prove why he thinks the “N-word” is not acceptable. By using ethical argument and those clever appeals, Rob Nelson definitely persuades his young African American audience.

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In “The Case For Torture” an article written by Michael Levin, he attempts to justify the use of torture as a means of saving lives. Throughout the article, Levin gives the reader many hypothetical examples in which he believes torture is the only method of resolution. Though I agree with Levin, to some degree, his essay relies heavily on the fears of people and exploits them to convince people into thinking pain is the only way. In certain aspects, I could agree entirely with Levin, but when one reads deeper into the article, many fallacies become apparent. These fallacies detract from the articles academic standing and arguably renders the entire case futile. Levin’s strategy of playing with the fears of people is genius, but, with more

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