Sentence examples for substantive discourse from inspiring English sources

But she argued that the persistent focus on those accusations was detracting from substantive discourse about American foreign policy.

The editors argued that Internet comments, particularly anonymous ones, undermine the integrity of science and lead to a culture of aggression and mockery that hinders substantive discourse.

I spoke to several lovely people and had the type of informative and substantive discourse that one should expect at a political event.

More than 5.1 million views, despite its length -- 37 minutes, 39 seconds -- marking YouTube's emergence as a vehicle for substantive discourse, not just silly clips.

A spokesman for Representative Roger Williams, a Republican from Texas, told KXAN, an Austin NBC affiliate, that the congressman had declined one invitation from a local group affiliated with the Indivisible movement, because "if you closely examine the statements and missions of these groups, it's clear that civil, substantive discourse on issues is not their true agenda".

Principedia provides a unique forum within which to realize a fundamental aim of the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning: to engage faculty, staff, graduate students and especially undergraduates in systematic reflection and substantive discourse about the practices and processes of learning in Princeton's distinctive academic environment.

Modern political discourse has veered away from substantive discussion.

I call for a substantive open discourse and progress on these challenges and their integration into ecological engineering practice.

Perhaps Mr. Apple and his colleagues should first assess their own practices before they blame candidates for the current poverty of substantive political discourse in the United States.

A word on the distinction about which my colleagues seek to lecture us, between "legal advocacy and legal scholarship". I would draw a different line: between (i) substantive, rational discourse that fairly engages opposing arguments and avoids distorting the relevant facts, and (ii) efforts to impugn the opposing side's motives and introduce distracting irrelevancies.

Adams was aware of this difficulty, and attempted to mitigate it: he argued that the agreement over which items the term 'obligatory' applied to, and the appropriate attitudinal and volitional responses to those things correctly described as 'obligatory,' made possible substantive moral discourse (Adams 1973, pp. 116 120).