Monthly Archives: October 2019

What Teaching Ethics in Appalachia Taught Me About Bridging America’s Partisan Divide

What Teaching Ethics in Appalachia Taught Me About Bridging America’s Partisan Divide “Curious things start to happen to people when they listen generously. At the most superficial level, one hears things that he or she might not like. But one also hears the sincerity of people’s convictions, the authenticity of their experiences, and the nuance […]

Tolerance of outsiders is also a human instinct

Tolerance of outsiders is also a human instinct “Like many social animals, including several primate species, and also dolphins and elephants, we humans live in what are known as ‘fission-fusion’ societies – our allegiances are flexible; there is a fluidity in the size of groups into which we coalesce; and the boundaries between our groups […]