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| 245 | 0 | _aMere civility | |
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_a _bHarvard University Press, _c2019 |
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| 300 | _ax, 272 pages ; 25 cm | ||
| 500 | _adisagreement and the limits of toleration | ||
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_aIntroduction: Wars of words _r'Persecution of the tongue': Toleration and the rise of religious insult-- _r'Silver alarums': Roger Williams's 'mere' civility-- _r'If it be without contention': Hobbes and civil silence-- _r'A bond of mutual charity': Locke and the quest for concord-- _rConclusion: The virtue of mere civility-- _rEpilogue: Free speech fundamentalism.-- |
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| 520 | _aCivility is often treated as an essential virtue in liberal democracies that promise to protect diversity as well as active disagreement in the public sphere. Yet the fear that our tolerant society faces a crisis of incivility is gaining ground. Politicians and public intellectuals call for 'more civility' as the solution--but is civility really a virtue? Or is it something more sinister--a covert demand for conformity that silences dissent? Mere Civility sheds light on this tension in contemporary political theory and practice by examining similar appeals to civility in early modern debates about religious toleration. In seventeenth-century England, figures as different as Roger Williams, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke could agree that some restraint on the wars of words and 'persecution of the tongue' between sectarians would be required; and yet, they recognized that the prosecution of incivility was often difficult to distinguish from persecution.-- | ||
| 590 | _bBased on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Yale University, 2013). ; Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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_aBJ ETHICS _95783 |
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_aCourtesy _x Political aspects _912129 |
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_aToleration _x Political aspects _912130 |
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_aDiscussion _x Political aspects _912131 |
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_aFreedom of speech _912132 |
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_aForums (Discussion and debate) _x History _912133 |
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_aBejan, Teresa M. _eAuthor |
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| 953 | _d2020-01-20 18:00:10 | ||
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