Justice, Virtue, and Power in Democratic Conflict
The question of how to respond to the deep political divides in the United States today has resulted in the emergence of two camps. On one side are those who argue that the cultivation of civic virtues like civility will lead to more respectful interpersonal relationships through which consensus and...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 279-288 |
| Review of: | Healthy conflict in contemporary American society (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018) (Kellison, Rosemary B.)
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| IxTheo Classification: | NCA Ethics NCD Political ethics ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Justice
B Book review B Civility B Democracy B Civic Virtue B Empathy B Relationality |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | The question of how to respond to the deep political divides in the United States today has resulted in the emergence of two camps. On one side are those who argue that the cultivation of civic virtues like civility will lead to more respectful interpersonal relationships through which consensus and mutual understanding can be built. On the other are those who argue that our commitment to justice is primary and may require uncivil behavior to disrupt and change unjust structural relationships. In Healthy Conflict in Contemporary American Society, Jason Springs helps to bridge the divide between these two positions. Because he takes a relational approach that centers both interpersonal and structural relationships, Springs makes both mutual respect and just structures central to his conception of healthy conflict. Taking relationality seriously thus helps to overcome this impasse, but it also raises significant questions about the impact of asymmetrical relationships on citizens’ responsibilities to engage in healthy conflict. |
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| Item Description: | Book discussion |
| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Healthy Conflict in an Era of Intractability (2020)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12309 |