Problem
1) What advice would Jurgen Habermas (formist/contextualist) and Kenneth Burke (contextualist) give to Sarah, a political candidate who is going to implement tax increase.
2) What strategies would Habermas and Burke give her to get voters to accept her tax increase.
3) How would Augustine (formist/organist) react to these strategies before and after his conversion to Christianity.
Helpful info:
Habermas- formist/contextualist; believes rhetoric should be used to free citizens from dominant ideologies/to allow them to speak their mind; believes rhetoric is used well when society is free from dominant ideologies (people are adequately equipped/use the public sphere)
Burke- contextualist; believes rhetoric should be used to induce action or cooperation; believes rhetoric is used well when both the speaker and audience cooperate OR are responsible for the rhetoric