Book Review: Ethics and Socratic Dialogue in Civil Society

Abstract

Introduction:  This is another publication from the Society of the Furtherance of Critical Philosophy following on from their Enquiring ‘Minds’. Like the earlier anthology, Ethics and Socratic Dialogue in Civil Society aims at giving an overview of the method of Socratic Dialogue as Leonard Nelson intended it and how this approach to philosophical inquiry can be applied to practical situations. While Enquiring Minds was focused primarily on philosophy in the classroom, the most recent publication shows how Socratic Dialogue is useful, as the title suggests, in civil society. The two volumes should be read in conjunction with one another to give a solid selection of papers on the practical applications of Nelson’s methodology.