Sentences with phrase «civil debate represented»

While no conclusive decision is reached, the kind of intelligent and civil debate represented here is always refreshing.

Not exact matches

But in his Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry (1990)-- where he notes that a university represents a «universe» of discourse only where rival and antagonistic views are afforded the opportunity both to develop their own positions and to debate other viewpoints — he implies that his quasi-Benedictine community will be one of civil conversation across the barricades.