Ethical Dialogue and Argumentation

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Ethical Dialogue and Argumentation

• Quote of the Day
• Ethical Judgments focus more precisely on the
  degrees of rightness and wrongness, virtue and
  vice, and obligation in human behavior. Richard
  Johannesen, Ethics in Human Communication

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Three Dimensions

• The End Intended outcome of the act
• The Means the action, mechanism, technique by
  which the end was achieved
• The Motive reason or justification for the act

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Two Levels

• Content Level
• Claims
• Evidence
• Goals
• Relational Level
• Enhanced or diminished

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Persuasion as Love

• True or Noble Lover
• Other centered argument
• Seducer
• Argument as game, truth as pleasure
• Abuser
• Power is more important than truth
• Harasser
• Mix of negative and neutral aspects

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Reflection Discussion

• What past or current public figures are examples
  of each of these approaches to persuasion?
• Noble lover?
• Seducer?
• Abuser?

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Application

• Break into 6 groups
• Take the ethical standard you are assigned and
  prepare to teach it to the class.
• Summarize/Clarification of meaning
• Example(s) from society (positive or negative)
• Apply to our class

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Ethical Standards

• Argumentation in public decision making is more
  ethical when honest evidence is used.
• Summary
• Example(s)
• Application to this class

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Ethical Standards

• Argumentation in public decision making is more
  ethical when opposing sides make their best
  cases, which requires knowledge of how to do
  argumentation.
• Summarize/Clarification of meaning
• Example(s) from society (positive or negative)
• Apply to our class

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Ethical Standards

• Argumentation in public decision making is more
  ethical when both sides have an opportunity to be
  heard.
• Summarize/Clarification of meaning
• Example(s) from society (positive or negative)
• Apply to our class

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Ethical Standards

• Argumentation in public decision making is more
  ethical when parties in the argument do not
  deceive or intentionally manipulate.
• Summarize/Clarification of meaning
• Example(s) from society (positive or negative)
• Apply to our class

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Ethical Standards

• Argumentation in public decision making is more
  ethical when decision makers pay attention to the
  arguments.
• Summarize/Clarification of meaning
• Example(s) from society (positive or negative)
• Apply to our class

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Ethical Standards

• Educational argumentation is more ethical when
  evidence is available to all.
• Summarize/Clarification of meaning
• Example(s) from society (positive or negative)
• Apply to our class

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What Will Make a Good Debate Topic?

• Appropriate breadth and scope
• Timeliness
• Availability of support material
• Quality/Sustainability
• Interest
• Balance

Adapted from NFHS website
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Lets here a few of your topics . . .
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Next Time

• Quiz on Readings so far
• We decide on topics and break into topic
  groupskey class!!
• Come in with good topics

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