text Notre Dame, Ind University of Notre Dame Press c2000 monographic eng

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xvii, 252 p. ; 24 cm. Is civility a virtue? / James Schmidt -- Civic meetings, cultural meanings / Lawrence Cahoone -- Trust, confidence, and the problem of civility / Adam B. Seligman -- Beyond courtesy / Adam McClellan -- The belligerence of dogma / Stephen Toulmin -- The ethical status of civility / Robert B. Pippin -- Response to Robert B. Pippin / Daniel O. Dahlstrom -- Are we losing our virtue? / Alan Wolfe -- Response to Alan Wolfe / Lawrence Cahoone -- Civility and the limits to the tolerable / Edwin J. Delattre -- Civility in the family / Carrie Doehring -- On Confucian civility / Henry Rosemont Jr. -- Harmony, fragmentation, and democratic ritual / David B. Wong -- Sacred civilities / Ninian Smart -- Making peace / Virginia Straus. "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? Or is civility a question of morality?" "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; Stephen Toulmin describes the corruption of civility by dogmatism; and Carrier 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, Adam McClellan, and Daniel Dahlstrom."--Jacket. edited by Leroy S. Rouner. Civil society Courtesy 177.1 CIV 0268022550 (alk. paper) 0268022569 (pbk. : alk. paper) 210224 20241126110651.0