Part Two: What Gets in the Way?

Part Six: Democracy and Humility

All three of our thorny issues engage with matters of life and death. As such, they operate at the very limits of our . . .

Part Five: Capital Punishment

In 1972, the Supreme Court struck down a set of convictions in Texas and Georgia, arguing that statutes that allowed . . .

Part Four: Guns

In 2010, the Supreme Court struck down a Chicago ban on handguns, arguing that the right to bear arms was a . . .

Part Three: The Abortion Debate

In 1973, the Supreme Court attempted to define women’s reproductive rights in Roe v. Wade. Rather than settling this . . .

Part Two: What Gets in the Way?

In recent years, social psychologists have developed a theory of cognitive dissonance. Rather than reflect on our . . .

Part One: Political Theorists Have Their Say!

Meg Mott, Professor of Politics at Marlboro College, Vermont, opens her six-part series, Good Clash: The Art of . . .