Manipulating or faking ethos, Points to ponder

Manipulating or faking ethos, Points to ponder  

By Dr. Sohail Ansari

Conceived and worded by DR Sohail Ansari (originality of concepts and originality of words).

He believes that there can never be a zero scope for improvement and appreciates criticism if it is not for the sake of criticism.

·      Implied talk is the talk about things that do not appear on the surface of conversation; or it is not about things that appear on the surface of conversation.

·      Objectivity of the anchorperson lies in feigning no direct interest in the outcome the debate.

Manipulating or faking ethos 

Words are partially limited by words. Ethos is not limited by what the speaker says because ‘ethos does not belong to the speaker but to the audience’ and it always extends to the history of the speaker ‘moral competence’; therefore, political marketing consultant having realized that speaker cannot establish ethos from the start (or before the speech  even begins) broadens ethos and includes expertise and knowledge so that people though think of speaker’s character; speaker’s ethos is not shaped only by the overall moral character.

Points to ponder  

·       ‘Individuals are formed by the values of their culture and not the other around’. True; but it is not true absolutely as commonly thought so because values do change and if it is absolutely true so aliens must having been doing overhauling and dismantling all along.

·       Source credibility is used as the construct, most often reveals the dimension: arête (virtue, goodness); but this dimension should be with other dimension that equate credibility with person perception (phronesis) because person must have practical wisdom to come into grips with his observation.