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Title: Civil Disagreement
Subtitle: Personal Integrity in a Pluralistic Society
Author: Edward Langerak
Narrator: Robert Armin
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-04-14
Publisher: University Press Audiobooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
How can we agree to disagree in today's pluralistic society, one in which individuals and groups are becoming increasingly polarized by fierce convictions that are often at odds with the ideas of others? Civil Disagreement: Personal Integrity in a Pluralistic Society shows how we can cope with diversity and be appropriately open toward opponents even while staying true to our convictions. This accessible and useful guide discusses how our conversations and arguments can respect differences and maintain personal integrity and civility even while taking stances on disputed issues. The author examines an array of illustrative cases, such as debates over slavery, gay marriage, compulsory education for the Amish, and others, providing helpful insights on how to take firm stands without denigrating opponents.
Civil Disagreement offers a concise yet comprehensive guide for students and scholars of philosophical or religious ethics, political or social philosophy, and political science, as well as general readers who are concerned about the polarization that often seems to paralyze national and international politics.
Members Reviews:
Great for discussion
Using is as the text in an Elder Collegium class I am taking, taught from the author of the book.
Great for discussion. What more can I say. :-)
Excellent Book on Civility, Perspective, Compromise, Intolorance in a Pluralistic World
A long one sentence review of "Civil Disagreement - Personal Integrity in a Pluralistic Society" by Edward Langerak is: intellectually challenging, yet easy to read in the sense that each paragraph and each chapter logically flows to build the authorâs framework for âperspective pluralismâ for civil disagreement as applied to individuals and, in the last chapter, to liberal and pluralistic democracies.
The review on the back cover of the book by Lloyd Steffen states that this is a ââmature and philosophically sophisticated work.â The other review by William F. May states that this âbook on political thought is a gem.â I too thought it was a âgem,â more so for broadening my ability to understand and appreciate other cultures. As a middle-aged man, I am many years beyond formal presentations of logic, argumentation or the writings of philosophers. However, casual surfing of the web or the reading of headlines points out the need for individuals and societies to move away from the desire to win disputes by eliminating the opponent to being able to find compromises through civil discourse that respects the reasonableness of the arguments of both sides without sacrificing individual or societal integrity. I am not educated enough to rebut, disagree or praise the detailed arguments put forth by the author, but I found the book to be richly rewarding.
In the preface of the book the author states that the intended audience for the book is students taking philosophy, religion and political science classes, interested citizens and experts. The scholarly material is appropriately consigned to footnotes. There are numerous footnotes and many pages of cited references in the back of the book. My preference for reading a book is to stop and read the footnotes âin-flight.â I did read the book a second time, not focusing on the footnotes, and then a third time reading each footnote as it appeared.
