This paper argues that democracy can be seen as a way to channel “democratic reason,” or the collective intelligence of the many. The paper hypothesizes that two main democratic mechanisms—the practice of inclusive deliberation (in its direct and indirect versions) and the institution of majority rule with universal suffrage— combine their epistemic properties to maximize the chances that the g...

The normative role of journalism in democracy is well established: Democracy depends on news media to facilitate self-government. But theories of the press point to structural limitations that inhibit the democratic ideal. To examine this contradiction, this article offers a comparative analysis of online news coverage by CNN and BBC of Colin Powell’s speech to the United Nations Security Counc...

Desire conflicts arise in several real-world contexts. In this paper, we propose a mixed deliberation dialogue for reconciliation. A mixed deliberation dialogue is defined as a combination of forward and backward deliberation dialogues with respective goals which are subordinate and superordinate desires of a given desire. This research and the introduction of mixed deliberation dialogue have b...

the council of areopagus as a judicial establishment monitored the proper implementation of rule of law in the polis (city-state) of athens. while, the main responsibility and duty of areopagus was to adjudicate the cases of the most serious crimes, it intervened in the political affairs as well. eventually, after long-lasting political conflicts between athenian oligarchy and democracy, this e...

The condition of Indonesian society which is plural and multiculture can trigger socio-religious conflicts. These conflicts be reduced or even avoided if the people always apply values tolerance democracy in their daily life. In this case, Islamic education as a process part national system certainly has very important role context growing developing tolerant democratic attitude for students. i...

Abstract A standard interpretation of the character Hamlet is that he indecisive, even pathologically so, and his indecisiveness manifested by lengthy passage time between when told father’s death was a murder kills perpetrator. Rational choice in economics concerns connection means ends. person rational if, given her ends (her goals), she chooses reasonable to achieve those With uncertainty, b...

WITTMAN HAS WRITTEN A CHARACTERISTICALLY ENGAGING response to my critique. While he emphasizes his continued disagreement with me, I am struck by the important concessions he makes. In particular, he has virtually abandoned the rational expectations assumption that drives his trademark results. This retreat has a high price, because his new watered-down standards of rationality are consistent w...

Abstract In Switzerland, the selection procedure for a nuclear waste repository site is characterized by deliberation and debate between different governmental levels, lay persons experts. The Swiss democratic model has been adapted in order to allow direct interaction federal authorities affected communities. addition, rather pragmatic approach finding solutions emerging conflicts contributed ...

Economic coverage often takes the perspective of audience rather than financial insiders by applying news values such as domestication and identification, especially in democratic-corporatist countries since Great Recession. While research has looked into how this mainstreaming economic materializes content (role performance), less is known about democratic motives perceptions which drive conce...