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A Campaign for Civility: The Virtue of Being Nice in Political Discourse

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 11.05.2012 | Politics
Read More: Pollyanna, Politics, Political Discourse, Nice, Civility, Gadamer, Campaign, Communication, Public Discource, Politics News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

With the Republican convention past and the Democratic convention upon us, it seems like a ripe time to ponder the tenor of public discourse.

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Seeking Truth In A World Of Competing Narratives

William Grassie | Posted 06.30.2012 | Religion
Read More: Hermeneutics, Conflict, Big History, Gadamer, Narratives, Religion and Science, Jürgen Habermas, Interpretation, Truth, Ideology, Interfaith, Ricoeur, Religion News
William Grassie

Is there some other way to adjudicate between the competing metanarratives that shape our lives and identities, determining how we think and act, what we hold to be true and good?

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Judge Sotomayor, Republican Inquisitors, and the Fallacy of Immaculate Perception

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Relativism, Perspectivism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Prejudice, Repulicans, Jon Kyl, Gadamer, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

What judges must do is reflect upon one's preconceptions and prejudices so that they do not unconsciously determine one's decisions and actions.

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