Five Principles of Civil Dialogue

Back when I was hanging out at Reed College, I was pleased to be in an environment where truth mattered more than ego, or rather where people didn't associate their identity with their ideas. What I mean is, finding truth was more important than being right. And because finding truth was more important than being right, students were able to learn. 

At Reed, discussing a philosophical or even scientific idea around a conference table did not look like a debate. Rather, it looked like a group o...