Reframing rhetoric [Texte imprimé] : a liberal politics without dogma / George E. Yoos

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Reification and empty abstraction -- The apparent demise of liberalism -- Liberalism as "good politics" -- Direct elective and sub rosa politics -- Wells of ignorance -- Framing issues in politics : separation of church and state -- Rights and responsibilities -- Methodological liberalism and its limits -- Liberalism and practical reason -- Application of a liberal frame to family and children issues -- Political argument and conservatism -- Prudential conservatism -- Utilitarian conservatism -- Confucian conservatism -- Rhetorical aims and modes : appeals and responses -- The rhetoric of experts -- Rhetoric of story telling and expository modes -- Organization and arrangement : limitations in the use of frames and perspectives -- Variety of logical appeals : appeals to logos -- Ethical appeal : "person" as a forensic term -- Truthfulness and lying and the conventions of advocacy -- Authenticity and hypocrisy and the conventions of advocacy -- Varieties of rhetorical criticism and the limits of interpretation -- Difficulties in dealing with presumption -- Deceptions, blunders, and confusions -- Appendix: A taxonomy of rhetorical and logical flaws.