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In the latest article in the Reimagining Community series, we look at the ideas behind the Network State and how they work with our reimagined community. Enjoy!

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A Thousand Currents team embarked on a 10-day journey to listen and learn about the work their Fijian partners are doing to engage, empower, and enable change within an all-too-often forgotten pocket of the world. Learn more in this photo essay: https://lnkd.in/gVErgZbd

Every Good Argument Is Two Arguments   During World War II, the BBC hired theologian C.S. Lewis for a series of radio talks. He was to present the foundations of Christian doctrine, partly to buoy a nation at war. He later published these talks as “Mere Christianity.”   Lewis began with general observations about what it is to be human. And he started with this point: Human beings always debate what is “fair” when they argue with each other, but they never define that term. We intuitively know what “fair” means and we intuitively use that shared belief in fairness to resolve disputes. As Lewis noted, no one ever argues that fairness is irrelevant.   Where does this shared sense of fairness come from? That’s a question for evolutionary psychologists, biologists, anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, and theologians—or, preferably, all of them together.   What matters for lawyers is that people do, in fact, have this intuitive concern for fairness. So judges have an idea of fairness, too. That concern for fairness may or may not be conscious. It may or may not be connected to the law. But it is a factor. (Some psychological research suggests that these unarticulated beliefs are really in charge, while reason exists in human beings to justify preconscious judgments about what’s fair. See Jonathan Haidt’s work: https://lnkd.in/efAsejZp)   For advocates, that means we have to address two issues whenever we argue. We need to address the legal question at issue, with all its precedents and statutes. But we also need to address fairness. And that means every good argument is two arguments: (1) an argument about what the law requires and (2) an argument about what fairness requires.     Suppose you represent Company A, which sold widgets to Company B. Their purchase agreement states that Company B must raise any issues concerning the widgets within one year. Company B uses the widgets and discovers a problem after three years. When Company B sues Company A, you file a motion to dismiss in response, arguing that Company B’s claims fail under the contractual period of limitations.   That's a fairly technical argument. And you can be sure that Company B will raise many arguments about why enforcing that one-year period is unfair. You could just rely on the contractual limitations period. But you may have a much better argument if you can explain why it would be fair to apply the clause.   Maybe the seller determines the price of the product based in part on the costs of repairs. If the manufacturer and buyer agree that the manufacturer will only pay for one year of repairs and the buyer demands more, then the buyer is demanding something they did not pay for. If you can provide this context, fairness provides reinforcements for what the law requires.   That’s why every good argument is two arguments. Or, as legal scholars Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock put it, “It takes two.”        

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲? In his first blog for AM, Jameson K Worley answers this question. Using his personal experience, he explores the ways in which digital archives can foster a sense of community belonging and enable people to see themselves within a broader cultural setting. https://okt.to/mwCnJG

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In much past and present literature, it all boils down to good and evil. These opposite notions, sometimes viewed as absolutes, have driven such different stories as Nineteen Eighty-Four, Lord of the Flies, and The Lord of the Rings, among others. Join the conversation in Discussing Literature https://lnkd.in/d93gkQ_F

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