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"The processes used in efforts to make informed, just, and wise decisions in any public sector."
What is "Deliberation"
"A process of communicating with other; a sincere and mutual exchange involving inquiry, reflection, and responsiveness"
What is "Dialogue."
"Communication or action in support of a particular idea, cause, person, or community"
What is "Advocacy"
"Sincere inquiry ; taking deep interest in another's experience, connecting emotionally with another person, and participating in another's experience on their terms."
What is "Empathy."
"Beliefs or ideas held to be true without the need for argument or supporting evidence."
What are "Assumptions."
"An operational framework based on the belief in a 'dog-eat-dog' world in which rational individuals privilege self-interest over all other values and priorities."
What is "Adversarial Individualism."
The effort of a writer or speaker to cultivate a sense of their credibility and trustworthiness to speak or write on a topic.
What is the "Appeal to Ethos."
"An individual or groups ordering and prioritizing of values in the context assessing options and making decisions."
What are "Value Hierarchies."
"The effort by a speaker or writer to arouse specific emotions in a reader or listener."
What is the "Appeal to Pathos."
"People working together, even when they disagree, in mutual pursuit of the best decisions possible in response to a deliberative problem or question."
What are "Deliberative Partners."
"The belief that people and institutions are inherently bad and there is little hope in efforts to transcend greed, hypocrisy, and human tendencies towards violence."
What is "Cynicism."
Deeply held beliefs or judgments about what is right or wrong, good and bad, just and unjust, wise and unwise, more or less important."
What are "Values."
"A key element of sound deliberative arguments and deliberation, integrating emotions, intuitions, facts, values, critical thinking, logic, and discernment"
What is "reasonableness"
The way in which a deliberative question is articulated to emphasize particular concerns, issues, stakeholders, and potential responses.
What is "Deliberative Framing."
When a community agrees that a question or problem is important and needs to be addressed and their is uncertainty or disagreement as to the best answer.
"The use of critical thinking and self-reflection to unmask, understand, and assess the relative merits of our own and others' grounding assumptions and beliefs."
What is "Discernment."
"A practice of communicating respectful regard for one another; respectful regard for human dignity despite differences of perspective."
What is "Civility."
"Taking in, understanding, and reflecting back the values, needs, interests, and perspectives of another person or group on their own terms in a deliberative context."
What is "Responsiveness."
"An understanding of reality as consisting of a network of relationships wherein each element affects the other."
What is "Interdependence."
The point(s) in an disagreement where the disputants are in agreement--may include values, assumptions, beliefs, interests, or feelings.
What is "Common Ground" or "Common Places."