Logos, pathos, ethos : reason, emotion, self-image

Analyses by Ruth Amossy and Roselyne Koren. The role of emotions in policies of welcome or rejection. To harden or to soften? Ethics of conviction, ethics of responsibility: Max Weber to the rescue of senior civil servants faced with action. The example of Angela Merkel in August 2015. Politics or morality: the false dilemma. The principle of reciprocity. Golden rule and iron rule.