Thank you for recommending an addition to the Braver Angels Library and Book Club. Our Library includes books covering widely varying topics and representing multiple viewpoints. We consider recommendations in the frame work of the Braver Angels guidelines on tolerance.
BRAVER ANGELS GUIDELINES ON TOLERANCE
- Does creating space for discussing this issue advance our mission?
We’re trying to heal the country, recognizing its challenging divisions. We choose issues and select approaches that we believe can advance our mission of “bringing Americans together to bridge the partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic.”
- Does the issue divide the country?
We aren’t interested in sensationalism, marginal influences, or controversy for its own sake. We focus on important issues that fundamentally divide us.
- Will we discuss the issue in terms of our values?
Our model isn’t designed to settle disputes over facts. It’s designed to clarify differences and seek common ground on what we value as citizens and on priorities for the future.
- Will we present diverse and opposing perspectives on the issue?
Favoring particular viewpoints over others or excluding arguably harmful viewpoints contradicts our mission. Bringing together on equal terms those who disagree is fundamental to who we are.
- Will participants follow our rules of procedure?
Our events aren’t free-for-alls. Our ground rules require civility toward others and the willingness to listen as well as speak. Within that framework, participants can speak their minds freely and without fear.
