Ethos
A guide through the past and future of ethics
Ethics, meaning our moral understanding, constitutes
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the field of philosophy that deals with the valuation of human
behavior. Moral philosophy, if you want to put it simply. But it's not as simple as it sounds. After all, humans are no longer what they were in Aristotle's day. In a pluralist society, how do we arrive at values that can apply to everyone?
Pathos
A pompous term through the ages
Emotional, theatrical and yes, a bit pompous. This is what is commonly understood by the word pathos. However, in a time when elections are won through, and politics ruled by, strong emotions, it is all the more important to understand the mechanisms of overwhelming others with grand words, bold metaphors, aposiopeses and aporias, as well as facial expressions and gestures. Even today, the term pathos is more than just a pejorative buzzword in film or literary criticism.
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Logos
How logos replaced mythos
How did it come to be that the need for proof and substantiation replaced myth and devalued the fictional and invented – that is a story that needs to be told. After all, it is highly doubtful whether today, the "art of rational speech" or western rational thinking is actually best suited to understanding and describing our complex world in its entirety. Or did the power of myth grow prevalent again long ago?
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