Abstract
In locating the place of rhetoric in the academic curriculum Aristotle called it "an offshoot of dialectic and also of ethical studies," "Ethical studies," he went on to say, "may fairly be called political; and for this reason rhetoric masquerades as political science, and the professors of its as political scientists - sometimes from want of education, sometimes from ostentation, sometimes owing to other human failings." Although theorists have differed over the precise relationships among these disciplines, it is generally recognized that ethics, politics, and rhetoric share common interests in the personal and social well-being of man. One way to discover a relationship among these disciplines, therefore, might be to trace the course of a common interest, in the form of a fundamental concept, as it appears in each study. One such concept which promises to be particularly revealing is the notion of justice, for it is a chief concern of the ethicist, a principal aim of political society, and an acknowledged source of topics for the rhetorician. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of justice as it appears in ethical, political, and rhetorical writings.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Speech
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
5
Last Page
12
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Dearin, Ray D.
(1969)
"Justice in Ethics, Politics and Rhetoric,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol1/iss1/4
Copyright
©1969 Iowa Journal of Speech
