Throughout history, arguments have played a role in every society shaping the overall lifestyle of the people. Successfully persuading individuals to think a certain way is a very important factor in life because society revolves around leaders keeping the people satisfied. What makes a good argument can seem very obvious, but there is a lot of underlying details that helps make an argument affective. Many factors go into an individual's mind when determining whether or not to agree with the argument held before them. For example, if the rhetor is famous or not. Aristotle, one of the most famous philosophers in world history, came up with The three appeals, which are Logos, Ethos and Pathos, to define a sustainable argument. Out of these appeals, Ethos is the most important to have within an argument (Mullen). Throughout the book Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault, Ethos is a significant part of how Foucault helps display his argument to the readers. His prior accolades and individual character works to create a great argument. Foucault's "Panopticism" illuminates the successful way to argue using the appeals. 

Aristotle's appeals are very important to all arguments especially the argument put forth by Michel Foucault. Each of the three parts work together to increase the power of the argument an individual is trying to make. Logos is an appeal to logic, Ethos is an appeal to authority and Pathos is an appeal to emotion (Examples of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos). In "Panopticism," Foucault exhibits each appeal throughout the writing. Logos is important to arguments because the logic of an ideology needs to be comprehendible and possible for one to accept the idea. Pathos helps the rhetor connect with the moral feelings of the audience thus helping the audience believe in him or her (Examples of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos). Ethos is the most important appeal to successful arguments (Mullen). Ethos breaks down into two different sections, Situated Ethos and Invented Ethos. Michel Foucault's philosophical career is mainly about the study of power believing that knowledge came with power (Gutting). When arguing about this Panoptic structure being the best architectural construction for the prison system put forth by an earlier individual, Foucault uses all of Aristotle's Appeals to explain the how and why the structure works the most sufficient. The combined use of Situated and Invented Ethos works together influencing the reader to believe and understand his theory of the way in which why the Panoptic system is successful. 

Michel Foucault is a famous philosopher and his ideas are widely recognized. Situated Ethos is what the audience already knows about the topic or rhetor prior to the event. For example, if an individual is publically known to commonly lie, most people will not believe the argument that individual is putting forth. This means that the audience is much more likely to agree with a rhetor that is a credible source or famous. Foucault is a very credible source (Gutting). Michel Foucault is a French social theorist philosopher and is very famous in the social theorist field around the world (Gutting). Prior to reading this novel, if the reader has any knowledge of Foucault beforehand, then the reading will be much easier to agree with due to his status in the world of philosophy. His status creates a greatly increased chance of persuasion of the readers to take his side. He uses his fame to his advantage although he isn't widely known by the general public. There's no question that Foucault's Situated Ethos is a huge part of why people read and listen to his ideology. 

Foucault's Invented Ethos is also eminent in this theory. Invented Ethos is still important even for rhetor's that have a sense of Situated Ethos on their side. Invented Ethos is when a rhetor appeals to the morals and values of the audience. If the rhetor appeals and relates to the audience he or she is trying to convince, the argument is much more fathomable for the audience. For example, if a man is giving a speech in front of a catholic audience, stating that he is catholic will help the audience to relate to him will ultimately make his argument much more believable. Simply relating to the audience increases the rhetor's power. At the beginning of Foucault's "Panopticism," he explains how in the past history of societies, criminal discipline, and punish was and still is today physically vicious and immoral in today's time. Foucault wrote this novel in the late 20th century. By displaying how public hangings in the past were so common, Foucault relates the audience's feelings to his positively, by stating that discipline and punish should be psychological not physical. As society has grown over time, humans' morals of physical punish has been fortunately altered. Foucault then explains how the Panoptic structure psychologically deceives prisoner minds. Readers of Foucault's book most likely have moral standards and values of the present date that feel that physical pain and torture is cruel. By stating that society's discipline systems need to abandon physical pain, Foucault and the audience should attain some kind of connection since most likely the audience will agree. This is Invented Ethos because Foucault is trying to relate to the morals of the audience. Foucault clearly wants the readers to acknowledge the standards that Foucault believes all societies should be held to, that is, gradually increasing morality. This forces the reader to believe that he is up to date with his ideology making him a knowledgably credible source. Giving personal feelings of the topic relates him to the everyday citizen. Foucault is very successful in incorporating a sense of Invented Ethos in this short passage from his novel Discipline and Punish. 

Situated and Invented Ethos work simultaneously to create very successful arguments like the one put forth by Michel Foucault about "Panopticism." Although Ethos is considered the most important of the three, Foucault makes sure to also include a sense of Logos and Pathos all together enhancing the credibility of his theory. Michel Foucault's "Panopticism" is a very well and uniquely crafted argument. Although it is a very tough piece to read and understand first attempt, Foucault demonstrates his beliefs which readers can get all of his thoughts out through his writing.  

