On Compromise: Can a New Approach to Pluralism and Persuasion Heal Divided Communities?

CUNY Hunter's series on Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue
Apr 28, 2025

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New York

Apr 28, 2025
time
05:00 pm - 06:30 PM ET
04:00 pm - 05:30 pm CT
03:00 pm - 04:30 pm MT
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm PT
12:00 am - 01:30 am ISRAEL
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Roosevelt House
47-49 East 65th St.
New York, NY, 10065

A polarized society like ours forces us to take sides and retreat to camps on a wide set of complicated issues, and in such an environment it is harder and harder to constitute community across difference. In moments like this, we all begin to prioritize the morality of our principles over the morality of common ground. How can we remain passionate about our deeply held convictions and beliefs while sustaining diverse communities? How might we rethink our moral commitments to make possible making room for others – even if we still try to persuade others that they are wrong? Join Yehuda Kurtzer as he explores the roots of the current moral moment, and to think aloud about how to reorganize our world in response.

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