{"id":1785,"date":"2024-06-15T21:51:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T21:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2024-06-15T21:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T21:51:21","slug":"the-hallmarks-of-open-mindedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/?p=1785","title":{"rendered":"The hallmarks of open-mindedness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Readiness to change one\u2019s views, both of others and of oneself, in the light of new facts and evidence&nbsp;<\/li><li>Not deliberately distorting, or recklessly over-simplifying, incontestable facts<\/li><li>Not caricaturing the views of people with whom one disagrees&nbsp;<\/li><li>Not over-generalising&nbsp;<\/li><li>Not using double standards when comparing and contrasting others with oneself<\/li><li>Seeing difference and disagreement as a resource for understanding more about oneself, not as a threat<\/li><li>Seeking to understand other people\u2019s views and standpoints in their own terms and recognising where they are coming from &#8211; the narratives and stories with which they interpret events&nbsp;<\/li><li>Not claiming greater certainty than is warranted&nbsp;<\/li><li>Seeking consensus or at least a modus vivendi which keeps channels of communication open and permits all to maintain dignity&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Robin Richardson 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Readiness to change one\u2019s views, both of others and of oneself, in the light of new facts and evidence&nbsp; Not deliberately distorting, or recklessly over-simplifying, incontestable facts Not caricaturing the views of people with whom one disagrees&nbsp; Not over-generalising&nbsp; Not using double standards when comparing and contrasting others with oneself Seeing difference and disagreement &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/?p=1785\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The hallmarks of open-mindedness&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1786,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forwardpartnership.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}