Pathos is the most important part of an argument in this day and age especially in America. It is how you win over crowds today. Logic and ethics be damned, if you can win the hearts and minds of the sheeple you will win the argument and thus win the debate. Most people today operate from a ‘feels’ perspective of life, in the sense that if they feel good about something they will accept it. (The is the result of 50 years of Progressive nonsense being shoved down our throats). It goes vice versa in the sense that they can be made to hate something by the way it is presented to them and how it makes them feel.
In the modern age the art of debating and dialogue is dead, its only pathological posturing that seems to be done, serious issues are hardly looked at logically or ethically anymore for the right reasons. Logic and Ethics are used for personal gains and not the greater good. It is a constant me vs you over who can best win the emotional sheeple over. No one can self-regulate their thoughts and patterns to reflect ethics and logic. Evoking emotions in people is usually quite easily done by a skilled manipulator, it takes a Zen master to view something in the three forms to pick the best possible solution to the issue at hand. Emotion is best for simple things but on a large scale it causes very real problems if not put in check.
Pathos ties into ego and ego causes people to make rash decisions when it comes to themselves. It would do most people well to kill some of their negative egotistical attributes. Once you kill your ego you are free in a sense and will start to see the lies and manipulation all around you.
Roaming Renegade 