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Provocations of virtue : rhetoric, ethics, and the teaching of writing / John Duffy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duffy, John, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher).
- English language.
- Rhetoric--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Virtue.
- Physical Description:
- x, 172 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville, Colorado : Utah State University Press, an imprint of University Press of Colorado, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Explores the role of writing teachers in counteracting the polarized "post-truth" of public argument. Writing teachers are uniquely positioned to address the crisis of public discourse because their work is tied to ethical language practices known to philosophers as "the virtues"--truthfulness, accountability, open-mindedness, and intellectual courage"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Toxic discourse
- Imagining the good writer
- Habits of the heart
- Rhetorical virtues
- Teaching the rhetorical virtues
- Revisiting the Q question.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781607328261
- 1607328267
- OCLC:
- 1057242192
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