▪ The Greeks believed that to be an orator, an individual had to be morally good. Comment on whether you agree or disagree. What, if any, is the connection between, truth, and public communication?
I do not believe that an individual has to be morally good to be an orator. Who defines what is morally good? Usually societies have a set of rules and norms that govern people and they vary from place to place. However, what is morally right for one person can be just the opposite for another; take for instance abortion.
The connection between goodness, truth, and public communication in my opinion lies within each individual and their belief systems that they choose to live by.
It is obvious that there are strong feelings that separate Republicans and Democrats on many issues that pertain to what is good, truthful, and how it pertains to public communication. But, really who’s to say that what the Republican Party stands for is better than what the Democratic Party stands for. It all melts down to the individuals who hold their own opinions about the Party they choose to affiliate themselves with and I am pretty sure that each person would defend their Party and have deep seated disagreements with the other Party. Ultimately, each person must feel that there is truth and goodness in public communication and this is turn creates interest and engagement.
Cherry:)
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Cherry! very well said. Based on my response to this discussion, I completely agree with your points on what is morally good for one person may not be morally good for another person. It all depends on their perspective and opinion. In reality we can't really make a judgement on what is good for them or bad. What may be good for one person will be terrible for another, therefore the importance in being a good speaker is being able to state your points with valid support and evidence and try to persuade your audience the best you can. A moral speaker is a speaker who is able to address his/her points in a way to persuade their audience the best way possible by using what they feel is moral in their eyes and hopefully convincing others to that direction.
Hello Cherry!
When reading your blog I could not agree with you more, you made great points and examples. I mentioned the same view point! How can we deicide what is morally good for everything in this world. I believe that many people make choices that they believe are morally good, but later down the road the individual realizes it may not have been so morally good or truthful after all. A speaker must believe in their own words and actions if they wish to believe they are being truthful to listeners. However, everyone has different morals and values, which makes being morally good to all viewers, nearly impossible. Nevertheless, if the everyday listeners began to see the speaker is not true to their speeches and actions those listeners will find another speaker to view. This action helps our past society and future society grow towards more truthful speakers.
Have an awesome weekend!
Blondie
Cherry, I too agree with your post and this is why we have debates and different groups who support different causes in society because we all believe in different things. It does not necessarily mean that one individual is morally good over another (although some might believe they are). This is what makes our country so great is that we are able to agree to disagree. I can see why the Greeks believed that to be an orator they had to morally good because during that time that is what they relied on and practiced. Communication has come so far along with theories and concepts that this belief was bound to change over time. Good post and comments everyone!
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