At Civility's Edge: Ethics and Intolerance

Tolerance stretches only so far. In which ways are the limits of tolerance fixed and unchangeable? Or do we manufacture those edges when we refuse to accept certain differences—of belief, opinion, practices, peoples? If intolerance is willfully made, which values justify its shape? If intolerance is more fixed and objective, what can/should we do about it? When our professions/guilds/traditions think about intolerance, what—and who—do we think about? In an age of profound compassion and baseless degradation, we must seriously consider our role in fostering—and controlling—intolerance. Join us for a heartfelt conversation about civility’s edge.

With guests:

Burt Buchtinec, Chief of Police, Emory Police Department

Andra Gillespie, PhD, Assoc Prof , Dept of Political Science, director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference

Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, PhD, Assoc Teaching Prof, Center for Contemplative Science & Compassion-based Ethics

Moderator: Jonathan K. Crane, PhD, Raymond F. Schinazi Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought

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Host or Publisher Emory University Center for Ethics