Writing & Rhetoric 2: Feel Me? The Rhetoric of Empathy, Its Limitations and Alternatives

PWR 2 courses focus on developing strategies for presenting research-based arguments in both written and oral/multimedia genres. This course takes as it theme empathy and what role it might, or might not, play in our everyday lives and in promoting ethical action. To do so, we'll study the psychological, biological, and neurological bases of empathy, its significance in philosophy, contemplative/religious practices and ethics, and its possibilities as a rhetorical strategy and a political tool. A full course description and video can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr2/pwr2dhb For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/ Enrollment is handled by the PWR office. Prerequisite: PWR 1.