P.M. Forni





P.M. Forni

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Dr. Pier Massimo Forni is a professor in the Department of Germanic and Romance Languages and Literatures, Johns Hopkins University. In 1997 he co-founded the Johns Hopkins Civility Project, an aggregation of academic and community outreach activities that is aimed at assessing the significance of civility, manners and politeness in contemporary society. It has been reconstituted as The Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins, which Dr. Forni now directs.


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“When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realization turns into self-absorption, other people can lose their intrinsic value in our eyes and become mere means to the fulfillment of our needs and desires.”
P.M. Forni, The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude

“....a crucial measure of our success in life is the way we treat one another every day of our lives.”
P.M. Forni, Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct

“If we are kind and considerate, people will want to be around us, and we benefit from enduring circles of attention and care.”
P.M. Forni, Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct

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