 Shared inquiry, following Wayne C. Booth, can be understood as "the art of reasoning together about shared concerns" (1988, p. 108).That is, shared because the judgment is discursively negotiated with reference to both the crux of the matter and in light of what is in the best interest of oneself or some other.Accounting for both Moss and Booth, rhetorical reason may then be conceptualized as a method of "shared moral inquiry", but one must be precise regarding the meaning of the word "moral".