Politeness

This Saturday we will be beginning our way through a dialogue between "A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues" by Andre Compte-Sponville and "Burden Virtues: Virtue Ethics for Liberatory Struggles, by Lisa Tessman.

What's so great about being polite? How does being polite bring out the best in yourself and others? What about being polite to bullies and aggressors? How does being polite hold up in the face of prejudice and persecution?