Rob Talisse and I have a post over at 3 Quarks Daily on Argumentative Civility, something of interest to NS readers. HERE.
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Rob Talisse and I have a post over at 3 Quarks Daily on Argumentative Civility, something of interest to NS readers. HERE.
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Maybe a brief meta discussion of the article and it's approach would have helped allay some of the comments that followed. Half seemed to think you were describing the democratic process as a properly argumentative one; the other half that civility on the part of politicians alone would be sufficient for a healthy democracy.
No doubt the civility prescription is asking a lot, but I think you mean only to clarify the demands of functional democracy, not comment on their immediate practicality for any single party to it.