Civility Is Better than Tolerance

Bingo! Good point over at STR:
Doug Groothuis writes a great synopsis of the thesis of Os Guinness's book The Case for Civility. Guinness argues for engagement in the public square with civility. And he also makes this important point (which got edited out of the Denver Post published version of the book review):
Unlike tolerance, civility, on the contrary, requires knowledge and courage. Guinness argues that civility is a higher virtue than mere tolerance, which easily devolves into apathy and indifference. Civility is not the fruit of relativism, which despairs of objective moral knowledge.
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