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- WHY NOT MODERATION?
- Why Not Moderation?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Caveat lector!
- About This Book
- Prologue Why Radical Moderation?
- PART I THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
- PART II WHAT KIND OF VIRTUE IS MODERATION?
- PART III DO MODERATES HAVE A POLITICAL VISION?
- PART IV THE ETHOS OF MODERATION
- Intermezzo
- 1 The Spirit of Moderation
- 2 Modesty and Humility
- 3 Civility
- 4 Prudence
- 5 Realism and Pragmatic Partisanship
- PART V WHO NEEDS MODERATION TODAY?
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
3 - Civility
from PART IV - THE ETHOS OF MODERATION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2023
- WHY NOT MODERATION?
- Why Not Moderation?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Caveat lector!
- About This Book
- Prologue Why Radical Moderation?
- PART I THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
- PART II WHAT KIND OF VIRTUE IS MODERATION?
- PART III DO MODERATES HAVE A POLITICAL VISION?
- PART IV THE ETHOS OF MODERATION
- Intermezzo
- 1 The Spirit of Moderation
- 2 Modesty and Humility
- 3 Civility
- 4 Prudence
- 5 Realism and Pragmatic Partisanship
- PART V WHO NEEDS MODERATION TODAY?
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
Summary
This chaptercomments on the relationship between moderation and civility and argues that the latter can work as an effective antidote to a festering climate of fear, rage, and intimidation.
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- Why Not Moderation?Letters to Young Radicals, pp. 168 - 174Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023