Ethics, How We Learn Them, and the Importance of Civility in Communication

We live in a difficult time for ethical discourse, with tremendous polarity of viewpoints as well as very strong emotions and opinions about a myriad of topics, impacting events on a local, state, national, and international level. Even in conversations with people whose values align reasonably well with our own, we often struggle to find common ground. This becomes even more difficult when faced with people whose views seem alien and unethical from our viewpoints. This Sunday’s talk discussion will begin at the beginning: How did we learn our ethics? Do your ethical views come from your parents and family, or from later life experiences?  We will then move to more discussion of current events. Our goal is to discuss events and our reactions to them with civility and an openness to hearing what others have to say.