Ethics and the Orator: The Ciceronian Tradition of Political Morality

"Succeeds admirably in showing how the study of Cicero's political thought . . . can still be relevant for modern debates in political philosophy." —Political Theory

For thousands of years, critics have attacked rhetoric and the actual practice of politics as unprincipled, insincere, and manipulative. In Ethics and the Orator, Gary A. Remer disagrees, offering the Ciceronian rhetorical tradition as a rejoinder.

Remer's study is distinct from other works on political morality in that it tur...