ADAB revisits the seven-centuries old Islamic discipline that synthesizes Muslim spiritual ethics and Aristotelian analytics: Adab al-Bahth wa al-Munazara (the manners of inquiry and argumentation). ADAB highlights Munazara’s emphasis on the virtues of character and the manners of debate for managing deep disagreements within a framework of respect and amity between contenders. Bringing Munazara to bear on contemporary argumentation theory and practice, ADAB puts forward a Munazara Engagement Model (MEM) with argumentative norms and procedures that invite critical evaluations while being conducive to respectful and egalitarian cooperation between contending parties.
