The Resource Speaking of Equality : an Analysis of the Rhetorical Force of Èquality' in Moral and Legal Discourse, (electronic resource)
Speaking of Equality : an Analysis of the Rhetorical Force of Èquality' in Moral and Legal Discourse, (electronic resource)
- Summary
- Aristotle noted that ""equality"" is the plea not of those who are satisfied but of those who seek change, and the word has long been invoked in the name of social reform. It retains its force because arguments for equality put arguments for inequality on the defensive. But why is ""equality"" laudatory and ""inequality"" pejorative? In this first book-length analysis of the rhetorical force of equality arguments, Peter Westen argues that they derive their persuasiveness largely from the kind of word that ""equality"" is, rather than from the values it incorporates. By focusing on ord
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- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (343 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Contents; Part 1: The Ordinary Meaning of 'Equality'; Part 2: Some More Equal than Others; Part 3: Precepts of Equality ; Part 4: The Rhetoric of Equality
- Isbn
- 9781400861484
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- Speaking of Equality : an Analysis of the Rhetorical Force of Èquality' in Moral and Legal Discourse
- Title
- Speaking of Equality
- Title remainder
- an Analysis of the Rhetorical Force of Èquality' in Moral and Legal Discourse
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Aristotle noted that ""equality"" is the plea not of those who are satisfied but of those who seek change, and the word has long been invoked in the name of social reform. It retains its force because arguments for equality put arguments for inequality on the defensive. But why is ""equality"" laudatory and ""inequality"" pejorative? In this first book-length analysis of the rhetorical force of equality arguments, Peter Westen argues that they derive their persuasiveness largely from the kind of word that ""equality"" is, rather than from the values it incorporates. By focusing on ord
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- EBLCP
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- 320.011
- Index
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- LC call number
- JC575
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- Series statement
- Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy
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- Cover; Contents; Part 1: The Ordinary Meaning of 'Equality'; Part 2: Some More Equal than Others; Part 3: Precepts of Equality ; Part 4: The Rhetoric of Equality
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