A New Statesman Best Book of the Year A Church Times Book of the Year We are facing a crisis of civility, a war of words polluting our public sphere.
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Most modern appeals to civility follow arguments by Hobbes or Locke by proposing to suppress Disagreement or exclude views we deem "uncivil" for the sake of social harmony.
In liberal democracies committed to tolerating active, often heated disagreement, the loss of this virtue appears critical.
A New Statesman Best Book of the Year A Church Times Book of the Year We are facing a crisis of civility, a war of words polluting our public sphere