Good faith debate

Good faith debate

From my understanding good faith is the ability to present your arguments honestly and the ability to hear somebody else's arguments fully and honestly. It goes under many different names but it's principle of good listening. When your engaging with someone who is also in good faith it's one of the healthiest forms of communication.

To be good faith requires constant attention and everyobe will have moments of bad faith from time to time. We're all human with our own biases and emotions. The goal is to never stop trying to understand somebody if they promise to not stop trying to understand you.

The opposite of good faith is bad faith. This is where you present your arguments dishonestly or choose to purposefully misinterpret the other side to your benefit . Or to the detriment of the conversation.

A good faith argument isnt devoid of emotion either

For example "

Person A says " I think blue crayons are the best because they make me the happiest when I use them " is an honest statement.

Person B respond with " I don't like blue crayons because I almost drowned in the ocean last year and they remind me of that bad time " is also honest .

A bad faith response from Person B would be something like " you must want to make me feel bad when you call blue crayons the best. "

It's bad faith response because Person B is assuming an intent based on their own emotions instead of simply stating their emotions or trying to figure out person A's intent

That's about all I got on this topic

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