The Civil Society Initiative at Washington University in St. Louis promotes responsible democratic citizenship by supporting research, teaching, and public engagement, on the premise that constructive dialogue about political questions is essential for a flourishing democracy. We aim both to understand the nature of responsible democratic citizenship by asking questions in political theory, social epistemology, and moral psychology and to put the principles of democratic deliberation into practice by creating spaces for disagreement and debate about timely moral and political issues.
The Civil Society Initiative is a collaboration of the Departments of Philosophy and Political Science, and is supported by the Frick Initiative and the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.
For more information, please contact Allan Hazlett.
