Identity, Reasonableness and Being One Among Others: Dialogue, Community, Education

This book brings the tools and ideas of Anglo-American analytic philosophy to bear on how we think about issues of contemporary significance, in a way that is accessible to a broad audience. While acknowledging empirical findings within the social sciences, it takes on the prescriptive task of imagining a better world, in which being citizens in a democracy means actively engaging with others.

We cling to tribal affiliations which incline us to look inward and spurn those whom we deem to b...