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Beyond Empathy and Inclusion - The Challenge of Listening in Democratic Deliberation (Hardcover)
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Beyond Empathy and Inclusion - The Challenge of Listening in Democratic Deliberation (Hardcover)
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Political theorists often see deliberation-understood as
communication and debate among citizens-as a fundamental act of
democratic citizenship. In other words, the legitimacy of a
decision is not simply a function of the number of votes received,
but the quality of the deliberation that precedes voting. Efforts
to enhance the quality of deliberation have focused on designing
more inclusive deliberative procedures or encouraging citizens to
be more internally reflective or empathetic. But the adequacy of
such efforts remains questionable. Beyond Empathy and Inclusion
aims to better understand the prospects of democracy in a world
where citizens are often uninterested or unwilling to engage across
social distance and disagreement. Specifically, the book considers
how our practices of listening affect the quality and democratic
potential of deliberation. Mary F. Scudder offers a systematic
theory of listening acts to explain the democratic force of
listening. Modeled after speech act theory, Scudder's listening act
theory shows how we do something in the act of listening,
independent of the outcomes of this act. In listening to our fellow
citizens, we recognize their moral equality of voice. Being heard
by our fellow citizens is what ensures we have a say in the laws to
which we are held. The book also tackles timely questions regarding
the limits of toleration and listening in a democratic society. Do
we owe listening even to democracy's enemies? After all, a virtue
of democratic citizenship is the ability to resist political
movements that seek to destroy democracy. Despite these challenges
and risks, Scudder shows that listening is a key responsibility of
democratic citizenship, and examines how listening can be used
defensively to protect against threats to democracy. While
listening is admittedly difficult, especially in pluralist
societies, this book investigates how to motivate citizens to
listen seriously, attentively, and humbly, even to those with whom
they disagree.
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