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 wisdom. This final class considers the courage and humility necessary to debate matters of existential proportion. What skills and principles do we need to make these important clashes more productive? Meg Mott has taught political theory and constitutional law at Marlboro College, Vermont, since 1999 and has moderated Putney's Town Meeting since 2016.