Table of Contents
The Purpose of This Book 11
Introduction
Donehoo 15
Parsons 26
Section I Untruth and its Consequences
What Is Truthfulness?
Parsons 39
Donehoo 46
Are We in the Post-Truth Era?
Parsons 53
Donehoo 66
What Is the Value of Truth?
Parsons 71
Donehoo 83
How Do We Restore Respect for Truth and Truthfulness?
Parsons 97
Donehoo 109
Concluding Thoughts on Truth
Parsons 125
Donehoo 128
Section II No Civilization without Civility
What Is Civility?
Donehoo 135
Parsons 141
Has Civility Broken Down in Our Day?
Donehoo 151
Parsons 158
Why Is Civility So Important?
Donehoo 169
Parsons 183
How Do We Restore Civility?
Donehoo 191
Parsons 199
Concluding Thoughts on Civility
Donehoo 207
Parsons 213
Section III E Pluribus UNUM: Community in Diversity
What Is Community in a Pluralistic Society?
Parsons 221
Donehoo 231
How Has Divisiveness Become So Extreme?
Parsons 241
Donehoo 249
What Is the Value of Community?
Parsons 257
Donehoo 266
How Do We Achieve Community in a Fractured Society?
Parsons 277
Donehoo 287
Concluding Thoughts on Community
Parsons 297
Donehoo 303
Conclusion: An Unabashedly Alarmist Coda 309
Bibliographic Essay
Donehoo 319
Parsons 322
Acknowledgments
Donehoo 339
Parsons 342
Notes 345