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