About the Edu*Rhetor blog at WordPress.com

The aim of the Edu*Rhetor blog (at edurhetor.wordpress.com), begun in 2008, is to search for and to practice “good rhetoric” in the domains of higher education and society.

• good rhetoric has ethical aims of clarity and mutual understanding, encouragement toward good actions, and criticism of what is faulty.
• good rhetoric usually makes use of ethical strategies of argumentation, evidence, and implication.  It does not deceive in order to achieve a good result.

However, these are ideals and aspirations. These are not claims to universal knowledge of rhetoric, nor ethical perfection. Let’s aspire and critique together, seeking wisdom through our rhetorical, educational dialogue.