Ethics - Ethos, Emotions - Pathos and Logic - Logos Ethos - Frederick Douglas is quoted as saying after the slaves were freed, an attempt to convince the jury of the credibility of the speaker and quotation or reference. Pathos - We hope we can do that here. We are trying to strive for the ideal of equality. Logos - In the "composite society" in which we live, there should be no differentiation among the classes. We are responsible for making the appropriate decision based on our own multi-cultural backgrounds.