Speaking of Equality: an Analysis of the Rhetorical Force of 'Equality' in Moral and Legal Discourse
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| Item Description: | 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 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 |
| Physical Description: | 343 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781400861484 1400861489 |
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