The Wrong Way To Get People To Do The Right Thing By Alfie Kohn
In the article "The Wrong Way to Get People to Do the Right Thing” by Alfie Kohn, Kohn makes a claim declaring the current hypocritical nature of helping. The theme of the article is as a critique to loss of genuine altruism and a restrain to rewarded prosocial behaviors. Strategies Kohn employs to support his assertion include reasoning logics, rational evidence and stylistic pathos. Starts with the paradox title, Kohn grabs readers’ curiosity by creating the doubt: how did this happen and why it is tolerated. The usage of paradox sets a rigorous foundation for the article, precisely clarifying the headaches hidden behind a simple action-helping others. The effect is audience cannot be indifferent to what is going on around. In the
latter passage, Kohn’s strict logic also appears on the distinct contrast between our “live down” to egoistic help and “live up” to altruism. Such tool expresses an incisive opposition to traditional belief, acts as a battle for the American’s future as well. In the second paragraph of the passage, Kohn lays out daily phenomenons like fairy tales and calls on billboard to figure out the fact that people traditionally volunteer to get rewards. Such common examples shorten the gap between the author and the audience. Followed is authoritative evidence - newspaper excerpts - which shows public policies in macro environment are also composed of personal interest. These bold statements hammer in to the reader that the essence of “kind” behaviors is self-fulfilling. Kohn moves on to experimental studies taking up one fifth content to serve as substantial evidence. In these experiments, similar summaries are deduced from different segmentations of people: children,women, blood donors……once they being praised will demand more in further donation. Backed up with efficient examples and relevance reports, Kohn is being as persuasive as possible in addressing his argument. As a result, the author’s idea now is indeed sensible and considering.
latter passage, Kohn’s strict logic also appears on the distinct contrast between our “live down” to egoistic help and “live up” to altruism. Such tool expresses an incisive opposition to traditional belief, acts as a battle for the American’s future as well. In the second paragraph of the passage, Kohn lays out daily phenomenons like fairy tales and calls on billboard to figure out the fact that people traditionally volunteer to get rewards. Such common examples shorten the gap between the author and the audience. Followed is authoritative evidence - newspaper excerpts - which shows public policies in macro environment are also composed of personal interest. These bold statements hammer in to the reader that the essence of “kind” behaviors is self-fulfilling. Kohn moves on to experimental studies taking up one fifth content to serve as substantial evidence. In these experiments, similar summaries are deduced from different segmentations of people: children,women, blood donors……once they being praised will demand more in further donation. Backed up with efficient examples and relevance reports, Kohn is being as persuasive as possible in addressing his argument. As a result, the author’s idea now is indeed sensible and considering.