In today's Washington, too often filled with dialogues of the deaf, that makes it a timely, almost revolutionary work.
First, we deal with dialogues as opposed to explicitly elicited prior knowledge paragraphs.
In a famous passage in Republic 1, which has some affinities with dialogues of our group, a sophist named Thrasymachus challenges Socrates to define justice without saying (as he was apparently known for doing) that justice is the beneficial or the advantageous (336d).
As a participant from the Philippines commented, "The youth, with our dynamism and ideal minds, should now engage with dialogues among fellow youth from all over the world, and among inspiring elders who can lead us to implement and fine-tune our imperfect visions and action plans".
Utilizing mentors, the program combines career development activities such as goal setting, college preparation, male hygiene and entrepreneurship, with plays with dialogues on safer sex in realistic high-risk situations.
"We will begin a constituent process that is open to the people — with dialogues, debates, consultations and town hall meetings — which should result in the fully democratic and civil new constitution that we all deserve," President Bachelet said, without delving into specifics.
