Machine generated contents note: pt. I Existing Accounts -- ch. 1 Deliberative Democracy and Political Rhetoric: Rawls and Habermas on Rhetoric's Moral Status -- pt. II Moral Qualities of Rhetorical Speech -- ch. 2 When Rhetoric Turns Manipulative: Disentangling Persuasion and Manipulation -- ch. 3 From Theoretical to Actual Manipulation: The Christian Right's Two-Tiered Rhetoric -- pt. III Moral Qualities of Rhetorical Context -- ch. 4 Contextualizing Rhetoric: From Contestatory to One-Sided Information Spaces -- ch. 5 Countercultural Christian Enclaves: Focus on the Family's Anti-Contestatory Practices
Summary
The Morality of Spin explores the ethics of political rhetoric crafted to persuade and possibly manipulate potential voters. Based on extensive insider interviews with leaders of Focus on the Family, one of the most powerful Christian right organizations in America, Nathaniel Klemp asks whether the tactic of tailoring a message to a particular audience is politically legitimate or amounts to democratic malpractice. Klemp's nuanced assessment, highlighting both democratic vices and virtues of the politi
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index
Notes
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
