Ethics and the orator the Ciceronian tradition of political morality - Remer, Gary 1957- (Chicago The University of Chicago Press, 2017)
Prologue: Quintilian and John of Salisbury in the Ciceronian tradition -- Rhetoric, emotional manipulation, and morality: the contemporary relevance of Cicero vis-a-vis Aristotle -- Political morality, conventional morality, and decorum in Cicero -- Rhetoric as a balancing of ends: Cicero and Machiavelli -- Justus Lipsius, morally acceptable deceit, and prudence in the Ciceronian tradition -- The classical orator as political representative: Cicero and the modern concept of representation -- Deliberative democracy and rhetoric: Cicero, oratory, and conversation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Cicero, Marcus Tullius; Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Influence; Political ethics; Rhetoric -- Political aspects; Rhetoric -- Moral and ethical aspects; Political science -- Philosophy