The Deliberative Impulse: Motivating Discourse in Divided Societies

by Andrew F. Smith

Book Overview

What can motivate citizens in divided societies to engage in free, open, and reasoned dialogue? Attempts by philosophers to answer this question focus largely on elucidating what citizens owe to one another as free and equal citizens, as members of a shared social context, or as agents who are mutually dependent on one another for our well-being. In The Deliberative Impulse: Motivating Discourse in Divided Societies, Andrew F. Smith suggests that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739146106
• ISBN13: 9780739146101
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"