Manners, order and respect... these are all ideals we subscribe to. In opposed positions, we ought to be able to 'agree to disagree'. But it is imperative to ask who constructed these norms, and why. We are more divided than ever before - along lines of race, gender, class, disability - and it's time to question who benefits the most. Kirsty Sedgman shows how power dynamics and the social biases involved have resulted in a wide acceptance of what people should and shouldn't do, but they create discriminatory realities and amount to a societal facade that is dangerous for genuine social progress. On Being Unreasonable examines and parses the pros and cons of our rules around reason, but leaves us with the rousing question: What if behaving unreasonably at times might be the best way to bring about meaningful change that is long overdue?