"John Corvino" (born 1969) is an United States/American author, lecturer, and professor of philosophy at Wayne State University.

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I don't want to soft-pedal our differences: they are deep and important, and the issues we discuss affect people's lives in powerful ways. But our common goal of civil dialogue, together with our personal rapport, enables us to maintain a friendly relationship despite these differences.

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So we've grown to know each other's positions well. I think this helps to make the debate more refined and more rigorous: we can avoid talking past each other and instead cut right to the chase.

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