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DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 21 with Jeff Hancock and Anna Lembke\n\nDeep disa
 greement pervades our democracy\, from arguments over immigration\, gun con
 trol\, abortion\, and the Middle East crisis\, to the function of elite hig
 her education and the value of free speech itself. Loud voices drown out di
 scussion. Open-mindedness and humility seem in short supply among politicia
 ns and citizens alike. Yet constructive disagreement is an essential featur
 e of a democratic society. This class explores and models respectful\, civi
 c disagreement. Each week features scholars who disagree - sometimes quite 
 strongly - about major policy issues. Each class will be focused on a diffe
 rent topic and have guest speakers. Students will have the opportunity to p
 robe those disagreements\, understand why they persist even in the light of
  shared evidence\, and to improve their own understanding of the facts and 
 values that underlie them.\n\nThis course is offered in the spirit of the o
 bservation by Hanna Holborn Gray\, former president of the University of Ch
 icago\, that “education should not be intended to make people comfortable\,
  it is meant to make them think. Universities should be expected to provide
  the conditions within which hard thought\, and therefore strong disagreeme
 nt\, independent judgment\, and the questioning of stubborn assumptions\, c
 an flourish in an environment of the greatest freedom.”\n\nDemocracy & Disa
 greement is open to students\, faculty and staff to attend and will also be
  recorded. Enrolled students who take this as a 1-unit course are expected 
 to attend the weekly sessions and do the suggested readings before each eve
 nt. We will also use devices such as clickers to see whether exposure to di
 fferent arguments changes minds.\n\nThe speakers in this course are the gue
 sts of the faculty and students alike\, and should be treated as such. They
  are aware that their views will be subject to criticism in a manner consis
 tent with our commitment to respectful critical discourse. We will provide 
 as much room for students’ questions and comments as is possible for a clas
 s of several hundred. For anyone who feels motivated to engage in a protest
  against particular speakers\, there are spaces outside the classroom for d
 oing so.\n\nWhen/Where?: Tuesdays 3:00-4:50PM in Cemex Auditorium\n\nWho?: 
 This class will be open to students\, faculty and staff to attend and will 
 also be recorded.\n\n4/2 Legacy Admissions: https://events.stanford.edu/eve
 nt/democracy-and-disagreement-legacy-admissions-or-sat\n\n4/9 Kidney Market
 s: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-kidney-mark
 ets\n\n4/16 Institutional Neutrality: https://events.stanford.edu/event/dem
 ocracy-and-disagreement-institutional-neutrality\n\n4/23 Gun Regulations: h
 ttps://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-gun-regulation\
 n\n4/30 Israel/Palestine: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-d
 isagreement-israel-palestine\n\n5/7 Meritocracy: https://events.stanford.ed
 u/event/democracy-and-disagreement-meritocracy\n\n5/28 Immigration: https:/
 /events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-immigration
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SUMMARY:Democracy and Disagreement: Protecting Children on Social Media
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URL:https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-protecting
 -children
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