And changing the rules of a decadent institution would be a little like trying to close Wall Street loopholes: somehow, the senators will find new ways to advance their short-term interests at the expense of deliberation and creative legislating.
According to Chambers [29] small-scale deliberative forums can only be evaluated in terms of their "full democratic import of deliberation" from a macro-level, system perspective.
The focus on knowledge has been described by the term "epistemic discourse" for this type of deliberation (Renn and Schweizer 2009).
The focus on making trade-offs between different categories of risks and benefits has been described by the term "reflective discourse" for this type of deliberation (Renn and Schweizer 2009).
The focus on making choices between different management options has been described by the term "participatory discourse" for this type of deliberation (Renn and Schweizer 2009).
Jeff Merkley, a freshman Democrat from Oregon, said, "That is a phrase that I wince each time I hear it, because the amount of real deliberation, in terms of exchange of ideas, is so limited".
In On Liberty Mill thinks of practical deliberation in terms of capacities to form, assess, choose, and implement projects and goals (III 4).
Insofar as Mill defends individual liberties by appeal to deliberative values, he can distinguish the importance of different liberties in terms of their role in practical deliberation.
In later work Gauthier develops his revisionist account of practical rationality in terms of rational plans and intentions and of modes of deliberation.
Of course, plants are not capable of deliberation or of making decisions in the human sense of the term.
Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester set Zimmerman's bond at $150,000, but said he would not be released today, pending deliberations about the terms of the release.
