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Course: COM 101 Public Speaking
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Chapter 1: Speaking Responsibly

• Study of speech dates to ancient times

• Speech was for promoting common good

• Civic virtue = devotion to common good

• Ideal orator = “a good man, skilled in speaking”

• Public speaking should be grounded in ethics

• We should deliberate, not manipulate

• The true value of a speech must be judged the

outcome for the speaker and the listeners

• All who speak in public must contribute something

that is useful.