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  • Bersoff, David M. (1999): The Limitations of Humanity. In: PsycCRITIQUES 44 (6). DOI: 10.1037/002114

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/002114 

    Abstract: This is a review of the book, 'Civility: Manners, Morals, and the Etiquette of Democracy' (1998). The author, S. Carter, discusses what is a civil person and how everyone should strive to become a civil person. However, the reviewer feels that however thoughtful and civil a person becomes it is impossible from a practical perspective to maintain the vigilance civility requires. As is true of too many works of moral philosophy and social criticism, Carter's book is long on vision (what civility is), long on justification (why being civil is fundamentally important), but short on practical considerations (how can average people consistently achieve civility in their day-to-day lives). As a sermon, though, Civility does quite well. Like sermons of old, it is long and tedious in places, but one definitely leaves it feeling chastened, determined to do better in the future, and more in touch with their religiosity. But, unfortunately, these feelings begin to fade when one puts the book down and returns to daily life. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

    Keywords: civility, manners, moral philosophy, Moral, Review, Umgangsformen
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