Anthony Weston is an American Philosopher, teacher, and writer. He has written a book titled “Practical Companion to Ethics” that does discus Ethics, Religion, and Creative Problem-Solving in Ethics. Weston also discusses constructive moral dialogue. Constructive moral dialogue is concepts and ideas that makes our relationship with others easier. It allows us to get along with others that have different beliefs and concepts. We use constructive moral dialogue to cope with other human beings. Without it, our society would be flooded with chaos.
Dialogue comes with many tools. Some of these tools include Deep Hearing, Re-framing the Problem, and Diversity. Deep hearing is truly listening to yourself and others. This means we listen to not only the words being …show more content…
This is very useful because it allows us to connect with another person. It is almost as if we step into their shoes. An example of deep hearing is two friends who are arguing. Instead of actually listening to what each person is saying to each other, they yell over each other to get their point out rather than actually listening to what each person is saying and why they feel that way. Re-framing the problem is a tool that enables us to look at problems in a different way. To solve a problem we would go to the root of the issue to discover the deeper problem. By going to the root, it gives us a chance to solve many problems for others or maybe the root issue was causing other problems we were not aware of. An example of this is from Weston’s book. A store owner had a cafeteria in his store during the time of racial oppression. The store owner did not want to follow the law that allows whites to sit and makes blacks stand in his eating establishment. So the
Dialogue comes with many tools. Some of these tools include Deep Hearing, Re-framing the Problem, and Diversity. Deep hearing is truly listening to yourself and others. This means we listen to not only the words being …show more content…
This is very useful because it allows us to connect with another person. It is almost as if we step into their shoes. An example of deep hearing is two friends who are arguing. Instead of actually listening to what each person is saying to each other, they yell over each other to get their point out rather than actually listening to what each person is saying and why they feel that way. Re-framing the problem is a tool that enables us to look at problems in a different way. To solve a problem we would go to the root of the issue to discover the deeper problem. By going to the root, it gives us a chance to solve many problems for others or maybe the root issue was causing other problems we were not aware of. An example of this is from Weston’s book. A store owner had a cafeteria in his store during the time of racial oppression. The store owner did not want to follow the law that allows whites to sit and makes blacks stand in his eating establishment. So the