Civility

Civility is a social virtue that is indispensable to open political discourse and reasoned disagreement. A civil person is willing to engage others in respectful dialogue without scorn or insult, even when the issues are intensely important or disagreement runs deep. Civility has especially strong connections with intellectual humility and self-regulation.

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