The pope’s latest encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas” is subtitled “On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.” That is what the rules of civility do. They provide guidelines for safeguarding the human person. To be civilized is to protect the weak from being abused by the strong. To be truly human is to […]
During this series, readers reported on the loss of civility in driving, sports, and especially, social media. Last week I focused on public and private conversation. All observed that a change had taken place. There is less decency today than there used to be. We have to ask what happened. My personal experience attributes it […]
The first and the last of George Washington’s “Rules for Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation” pretty much capture the spirit of the other 108. Number 1 is “Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present.” Number 110, “Labor to keep alive in […]
I became fascinated with rules of civility when reading Amor Towles’ book of the same name. One of the main characters tries to make it in Manhattan by using George Washington‘s “Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.” Apparently, our first president wrote this down when he was a teenager, perhaps simply […]
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