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Schwartzman, Roy – 1987
There are two views of the rhetorical principle of "kairos," or timeliness: first, the deterministic notion of "kairos" as a preordained "right" time in which certain activities are appropriate, and second, the relativistic notion of "kairos" as an exercise "in the nick of time." A satisfactory…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Ethics, Moral Issues, Rhetoric
Schwartzman, Roy – 1987
Rhetoricians since Plato's day have been concerned with how much knowledge speakers should possess in order to speak effectively as well as ethically. The expert, like anyone, can err, but the chance of factual error decreases when speakers have a thorough grasp of their subject matter. However, the expertise position can potentially become a…
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Conflict of Interest, Ethics, Greek Literature