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This 3 page paper discusses Rogerian argument—what it is, and how it can be used to help people find common ground, even when their views are diametrically opposed, or even hostile. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the method works and why it is particularly useful in reducing conflict and in establishing common ground between people with differing viewpoints. Discussion Carl Rogers (1902-1987) "reached his professional prime
in the 1950s," which meant that he was doing his most important work as the Cold War intensified and reached its most dangerous period (Dziamka, 2007). The world was divided
into good guys (us) and bad guys (the Reds), and any arguments were what are now called "zero-sum games": in order for one person to win the other had to
lose. Period. This is a terrifying way to think, because its very easy to push one side or the other into a calamitous decision if they have no options. Rogers
understood that if we continue to believe in us vs. them and nothing else, "there will be just two ideas, two feelings, two judgments, missing each other in psychological space"
(Dziamka, 2007). The results of such a confrontation are "lack of communication and irreconcilable differences: I am 100 percent right and you are 100 percent wrong" (Dziamka, 2007). Instead of
this intransigence, Rogers argues, "we should try to see the expressed idea and attitude from the other persons point of view, to sense how it feels to him, to achieve
his frame of reference in regard to the thing he is talking about" (Dziamka, 2007). That is, we have to really listen to the other party and understand what hes
saying, and we have to do this before we make up our minds (Dziamka, 2007). This is the really difficult part of Rogerian argument, because most of us are "often
unwilling to listen for fear that we might be affected by other points of view" (Dziamka, 2007). We certainly dont want that to happen, because it takes us out of
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