Abortion Activism and Civil Discourse
Reply to Shields
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7276420 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert B Talisse (0000-0002-0599-3895), Steven Douglas Maloney |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 167-179 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913810802316415 |
| OpenAlex | W2072503627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Jon Shields's finding—that certain evangelical pro‐life activist groups are more interested in deliberative discussions about abortion than are pro‐choice activists—is wrong on methodological, normative, and philosophical grounds. He generalizes about pro‐life civility from a small, trained sample group, and ignores possibly important variables that would explain pro‐choicers' incivility. Further, politeness is not necessarily a requirement of democratic deliberation—which entails not forcing one's own beliefs on the public, as pro‐lifers manifestly are trying to do, despite their calm demeanor. Conversely, some pro‐choicers' refusal to engage in debates is not a deliberative failure, as Shields suggests, as deliberation includes such things as campaigning and canvassing. Lastly, Shields, and the pro‐lifers he has observed, use the weakest of the pro‐choice arguments, instead of focusing on the best academic work in the field
Civility · Deliberation · Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Law and economics · Normative · Politeness · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Reproductive Health and Technologies
Contested Lives
Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood
Liberal Civic Education and Religious Fundamentalism
Why Abortion is Immoral
Democracy and Moral Conflict
Religious Conviction in Liberal Politics
Philosophy and Public Affairs (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements)
The morals of modernity
Defending life
Christian Citizens
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |