Ignoring Ethics with Style: Writing Sentences for "Non U.S. Persons"

Authors

Ryan Smith Madan, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteFollow

Abstract

Ignoring Ethics with Style: Writing Sentences for "Non U.S. Persons" argues for the importance of understanding the ethical dimensions of sentence writing. To illustrate, I cite the stylistic features of a recent public exchange about the legality of government surveillance between Director of Intelligence James Clapper and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall. I also discuss my own experience teaching writing to college students in order to reflect on need for a new generation of writers to recognize the relationship between clarity and ethics.

About the Author(s)

Ryan Smith Madan teaches writing and directs the writing center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).

DOI

10.15760/harlot.2016.15.3

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39491

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Madan, Ryan Smith (2016) "Ignoring Ethics with Style: Writing Sentences for "Non U.S. Persons"," Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion: No. 15, 3.
https://doi.org/10.15760/harlot.2016.15.3