Respect for others requires actively challenging their values and beliefs.
Evidence
The one perspective encourages fear, the other indifference. What neither begins to address is the question of engagement. Engagement requires us neither to shun certain people as the Other, with values and practices inevitably inimical to ours, nor to be indifferent to such values and practices in the name of ‘respect’, but rather to recognize that respect requires us to challenge the values and beliefs of others. It requires us to have a robust, open public debate about the values to which we aspire, accepting that such a debate will be difficult, and often confrontational, but also that such difficult, confrontational debate is a necessity in any society that seeks to be open and liberal. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 694
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines engagement as a third stance beyond fear and indifference, with challenging others’ values as its defining move.
- XREF: This engagement thesis contrasts with the Runnymede closed/open-views and Halliday stances the reader is tracking across this volume. — connects to: Social progress inherently requires offending deeply held sensibilities. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 660; Social rules require a reflective critical attitude toward uniform behavior standards — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 236
Related
- Both nativism and multiculturalism fail by avoiding genuine engagement with difference (similarity 0.81)
- Social progress inherently requires offending deeply held sensibilities. (similarity 0.80)
- Equality plus recognition of difference must avoid both liberal atomism and absolutist community (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Social rules require a reflective critical attitude toward uniform behavior standards
#expands(0.82) — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 236