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Civility (Paperback, New edition)
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Civility (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion
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Are Americans less civil than they used to be? If so, is that a bad
thing? Perhaps we are just learning to be more honest. And what
does civility mean? Is it just good manners? It so, perhaps it is
only the complaint of privileged classes, annoyed that taxi drivers
are increasingly rude and that men no longer give up their seats to
women on public transportation. Or is civility a question of
morality? The philosopher Peter Bertocci once argued that
promptness is a fundamental form of social justice. In this lively
conversation on an increasingly significant theme, major
philosophers and religious scholars argue the issue on three
levels. The first is manners: Henry Rosemont argues the Confucian
case that manners are the substance of social relations, while
Edwin Delattre and Adam Seligman believe that the issue is deeper
than that; and the sociologist Alan Wolfe is persuaded that we are
not less civil or ill-mannered than our predecessors. Secondly, as
a social issue, James Schmidt, Lawrence Cahoone, and Adam Seligman
turn to questions of structure and meaning in a civil society;
Ninian Smart, David Wong, and Virginia Straus put the issue in a
cross-cultural context; and Carrie Doehring warns that civility may
be a barrier to honest Communication in family life. Finally, the
metaphysical and religious dimensions of civility are explored by
Robert Pippin and Adam McClellan. There seems to be a consensus
that the lack of civility is, indeed, an increasing problem, that
it is more than a class issue of manners, and that its current loss
is troubling for contemporary society.
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