And Dignity for all with Robert Fuller

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We’ve all felt the sting of rankism – at the hands of a dictatorial boss, a condescending teacher, an arrogant doctor, or an imperious bureaucrat. And most of us have inflicted it on someone else. We are, all of us, both victims and perpetrators of rankism, and Robert Fuller argues that it’s time for a novel, all-encompassing strategy to confront it in all its guises. Advocating a “dignitarian” society, he shows how dignity can be broadly protected in our professional and political institutions as well as in our personal lives. “Just as a civil rights movement took on racism, and the feminist movement takes on sexism, so the dignitarian movement takes on rankism.” Robert Fuller looks at life through a provocative and unusual lens, cogently arguing the case for redesigning our social institutions to create a dignitarian society. (Hosted by Bec Kageyama) (For other New Dimensions dialogues with Robert Fuller find programs #1803, #1988, #2044, #2091, #2672, #2869, #2891, #2896, #2983, #3069, #3152)

Robert Fuller earned a PhD in physics at Princeton University and taught at Columbia University before becoming the president of Oberlin College. He served for many years as chairman of the global nonprofit media organization, Internews. He is the author of Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank (New Society Publishers 2003) and All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity (Berrett Koehler 2006). To find out more information about the work of Robert Fuller go to www.breakingranks.net

Topics Explored in this Dialogue:

• Why is a society filled with dignity fundamental to your life?
• How can you become involved in the Dignitarian Movement?
• What does modeling have to do with maintaining dignity?
• When is too much recognition a bad thing?
• What is a dignitarian impact report?
• How can a dignitarian movement be a possible alternative to war?
• When is liberty harmful?

Host: Bec Kageyama Interview Date: 5/16/2006