I agree with the Greeks saying that to be an orator, you must be morally good. There are many politicians in America who speak in public, but they manipulate instead of persuade. This shows that they are not morally good and actually have the ability to hurt us more than help us. How can you speak on something that you may have some knowledge about, but as a person you are fake, manipulative, and closed minded. People may listen to you at first because you sound smart, but once a person sees that your actions don't necessarily match your words they will stop listening to you.
I think the connection between goodness, truth and public communication should be something that is required to speak in public. If your speaking in front of a many different kinds of people, you should know that they are respecting you by taking time out of their own lives to listen. This means that in a sense there is a relationship that is forming between the speaker and the listeners. In a relationship, both people must give and take for it to flourish. So the listeners are giving their time and I think that means the speaker needs to give something too. If while they speak they have impure intentions of any sort, they are being a taker and I think don't deserve the position of being a public speaker.
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Hi Ray-Ray
ReplyDeleteFirst I just want to say that I agreed with you that to be an orator, one must be morally good. I also think you gave a great example about how today’s politicians in America is manipulative. I think orators know the power of words and it is very unethical to use that power in wrongdoing. I think orator has responsibilities and like you said, their words should match their actions. I also believe the connection between, goodness, truth and public communication should be strong because orators are speaking for a good cause for the public and shouldn’t be manipulative for their personal gain.
-Sogo