Sentence examples for deliberative debate from inspiring English sources

In Schuette v BAMN (which I covered here last April), he wrote:Deliberative debate on sensitive issues such as racial preferences all too often may shade into rancour.

"It's the governor's hope, now that the season of campaign rhetoric is over, that there will be extensive and deliberative debate," Mr. Porcari said.

Democracy requires deliberative debate: people who want to govern themselves have to determine what rules to live by and what men and women to elect to represent them.

It voted 75to2525 to cut off the delaying tactics of Democratic dissidents who had been trying to force the chamber to hold a far lengthier and more deliberative debate.

What's more, as the agonizingly deliberative debate over policy in Afghanistan has demonstrated, Obama wants to hear a case fully argued out before reaching a conclusion, even at some political risk.

The trial that started on Monday in San Francisco over the constitutionality of California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage could have been a moment for the entire nation to witness a calm, deliberative debate on a vitally important issue in the era of instant communications.

Strong arguments also take place in the right verb tense, with most successful political argumentation being deliberative (debating future options, and thus taking place in the future tense), vs. forensic (usually laying blame -- past tense) or demonstrative (celebrating or bemoaning the current state of things -- present tense).

The time between Mr. Obama's first reading of the Rolling Stone article and his decision to accept General McChrystal's resignation offers an insight into the president's decision-making process under intense stress: He appears deliberative and open to debate, but in the end, is coldly decisive.

The most common model for consultation in biomedical research is the Community Advisory Board (CAB) [ 3]; alternative models include those from community participation in health policy [ 55- 57] and experiences with deliberative forms of public debate in ethics [ 58- 60].

Again, Confucians can look to communitarianism (as well as contemporary debates about deliberative democracy) for insights about values and practices that allow ordinary citizens to make meaningful contributions to the political process.

We like to think that spirited debate in a deliberative democracy enables us to act as a collective whole.