The right to happiness is a freedom that everyone in the world is allowed to pursue. However, should the pursuit of sexual happiness held on the same pedestal? In C.S. Lewis’s article, “We Have No “Right to Happiness,”” Lewis argues how far the right to happiness covers and what amount freedom someone should be given to pursue their own. In his article, Lewis uses a number of rhetorical strategies of pathos and logos to showcase how certain parts of the right to happiness could be considered immoral and how people view them as righteous. The main strategies he features are the appeal to common values, with his story of Mr. and Mrs. A, and his multiple uses of analogies.
Lewis begins his article with pathos by using the appeal to common values, and sharing a story of a man, Mr. A, divorcing his wife, Mrs. A, to remarry another woman, Mrs. B. Lewis states that not only had Mr. A left his wife, but that Mrs. B also left her husband, who had been wounded in the war, and seemed to have lost who he was before. Lewis also states that Mrs. A had lost her original beauty that Mr. A once …show more content…
Lewis’s article features many uses of pathos and logos to strengthen his point of how the right to happiness should be reconsidered and thought on a more morally righteous way. His use pathos in the story of Mr. and Mrs. A help invoke emotion for how Mrs. A shouldn’t have been treated the way she ended up being treated for Mr. A’s “right to happiness.” His uses of logos with his analogies are both in use to compare how happiness is more of pure luck rather than something that can be manufacture. His other analogy of impulses to fruit showcase how many people are quick to judge another person’s view on a subject as wrong, just because it is different than their own. In the end, Lewis’s article shows a wise and thought provoking topic to ponder over the true moral right of one’s happiness and whether said happiness should be followed through even if it harms
Lewis begins his article with pathos by using the appeal to common values, and sharing a story of a man, Mr. A, divorcing his wife, Mrs. A, to remarry another woman, Mrs. B. Lewis states that not only had Mr. A left his wife, but that Mrs. B also left her husband, who had been wounded in the war, and seemed to have lost who he was before. Lewis also states that Mrs. A had lost her original beauty that Mr. A once …show more content…
Lewis’s article features many uses of pathos and logos to strengthen his point of how the right to happiness should be reconsidered and thought on a more morally righteous way. His use pathos in the story of Mr. and Mrs. A help invoke emotion for how Mrs. A shouldn’t have been treated the way she ended up being treated for Mr. A’s “right to happiness.” His uses of logos with his analogies are both in use to compare how happiness is more of pure luck rather than something that can be manufacture. His other analogy of impulses to fruit showcase how many people are quick to judge another person’s view on a subject as wrong, just because it is different than their own. In the end, Lewis’s article shows a wise and thought provoking topic to ponder over the true moral right of one’s happiness and whether said happiness should be followed through even if it harms