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| Civility Stephen Post tells Science & Religion Today that civility isn't the solution to the problems of modern politics:
civility rests ultimately on deeper notions of respect for and love of humanity. Love is an affirming love of the other?s being, respect is a modulation of love, and civility is an expression of the respect, as is etiquette.
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| On Civility Just under a year ago, I quoted and endorsed Stephen Post's argument that lack of civility isn't the problem we face in society, that incivility is a symptom, not an end unto itself.
Civility matters, and there are good reasons to urge people to be more civil in their interactions, and to model that behavior ourselves. It's no accident that many uncivil styles of discourse are also inf [..] |
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| George H. W. Bush on civility in politics In a radio interview today, George Herbert Walker Bush complains about the "lack of civility in politics":
The Republican elder statesman said, "It's not just the right." He complained, "there are plenty of people on the left."
While he said he does not believe in personal name-calling, he singled out MSNBC personalities Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow calling them " [..] |
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