Jun. Prof. Dr Aurélia Bardon publishes an article in the British Journal of Political Science
What is politeness? And what does it mean to behave politely? Public discourse currently revolves around a polite tone in socio-political debates and the topic is also gaining importance in political theory. The article breaks down various dimensions of politeness and sheds light on the relationship between politeness and impoliteness.
Together with three Australian researchers, Jun. Prof. Dr. Aurélia Bardon published an article in the British Journal of Political Science. The article is entitled "Disaggregating Civility: Politeness, Public-Mindedness and Their Connection".
Read the abstract here:
Calls for civility feature prominently in public discourse, and the concept has received growing attention by political philosophers recently. But what does it mean to be civil? The existing literature distinguishes between two main understandings of civility: civility as politeness and civility as public-mindedness. The objective of this article is to show that these conceptions and the different normative claims associated with them can all fit together. We argue that civility and incivility should be disaggregated in order to uncover fruitful connections between different aspects of the concept. We introduce a distinction between two dimensions of civility as public-mindedness (moral and justificatory), as well as a new distinction between the means and ends of civility. We examine the complex connections between the different dimensions of (in)civility and show that the disaggregation of civility and incivility tells us what kind of (in)civility matters, as well as when and why.
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