Although often overshadowed by the horrors of war, the principles of the Just War Ethic do limit war's worst excesses by underpinning the discourse, decisions, behaviors and accountability related to war.
Efforts to be civil, in academic and other contexts, generally enhance discourse, decision making, and the advancement of knowledge.
This case details the emergence and challenges of a nonprofit, blue--ribbon citizens' group which sought to influence public discourse and decisions surrounding Washington D.C.'s financial crisis in the early 1990s.
"We have created a new society with a heavy emphasis on professional discourses and decision making," he says.
The Local Government Act in 2004 called for the active participation of communities in public policy discourse and decision making to improve the delivery of basic services.
"While the treatment of the scientists involved in the Adani review may seem shocking, it is one of many examples of people with vested interests undermining the role of experts in our discourse and decision making.
In contrast to previous methods of invited public deliberation, which privilege egalitarian-consensual models of discourse and decision-making, we test a novel approach that places majoritarian, individualistic, and consensual forms of public deliberation on an equal footing.
Democracy is only as strong as the discourse and decision-making of its citizens, yet the United States and other countries around the world have slipped into an era of escalating division and distrust.
Actors representing a mobility perspective have developed a strong policy discourse in decision and policy processes that centers around the idea that higher speeds and fast movement of goods and people is a fundamental condition for regional and local economic development and competiveness.
Let every voice participate in the discourse and decision making of government.
