The Moral Courage Project

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i want and am working for the day when a critical mass of people who are in their tem years now will recognize that not only can we communicate across lines of disagreement, but that we must. Because diversity is not merely about demographics, but is also about how individuals think, including individuals within identity groups. You know, my story is example of the fact that all moslems don't think alike. Some have been appalled by my position on any number of human rights issues. Others have been delighted by it, and most are somewhere in between.

Irshad Manji has a lot of experience in trying to persuade those who really don’t want to be persuaded.

Early in her career, Irshad wrote two influential books that advocated for a reformed Islam. In conversations with religious conservatives around the world, she found that a combative style did not help her win adherents for her cause; instead, she started to acknowledge their views—before proudly arguing for her own. Now, Irshad runs the Moral Courage project, a pedagogical approach that hopes to make progress on contested issues like racism without shaming its participants.

On the latest episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Irshad about why we should not judge those who disagree with us; how we can hope to persuade them of our own positions; and why we should be more optimistic about America’s future than is now fashionable.

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