Deliberation is thoughtful discussion with comprehensive inclusion of factors and points of view.
Requirements of a ideal deliberation system
- Valid deliberation is transparently supported.
- Respectful, just deliberation includes everyone involved.
- Neutral deliberation gives users control of weights, measures and sources.
- Respectful deliberation places needs, feelings and concerns up front.
- Trustworthy deliberation displays public accountability.
- Sensible deliberation requires sound logic, to be determined by users.
- Sound deliberation weighs in everything relevant to an issue.
- Relevant deliberation offers a way to specifiy findings to fit needs.
- Public deliberation requires a way to collaboratively grade information.
- Inclusive deliberation allows individuals and groups to derive weights and measures on our own.
- Deliberation eliminates logial fallacies like false dichotomies, straw man.
- Deliberation allows tangential relationships to reveal confirmation bias.
- Ubiquity and translation of deliberation occurs face to face as well as online with as many venues and platforms as possible participating, with way to find each other.
- Appropriate deliberation systems are flexible to meet various needs and can adapt and change in time.
- Deliberation in a comfortable atmosphere encourages self-reflection.
There is a level of meta-consciousness when taking part in deliberation, and a structure.
The shapes and connection labels take the place of terms typically used to elicit or describe questioning and explaining. See https://www.brentcoley.com/uploads/1/1/6/9/11695738/lc_questioning_packet.pdf
Elements of Reasoning and Standards for Thoroughness
Derived from Foundation for Critical Thinking Community Online
https://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-elements-of-reasoning-and-the-intellectual-standards/480
- State one’s purpose
- define terms and position
- distinguish from related purposes
- deliberate significance and if realistic
- check this periodically to stay on track
- State problem or question to settle
- restate from different perspectives
- define meaning and scope
- deconstruct into component parts
- Identify viewpoints and assumptions
- describe one’s own perspective
- evaluate and weigh justifications
- opine the effect of assumptions on reasoning
- repeat from other perspectives
- describe one’s own perspective
- Provide related evidence
- determine clarity, accuracy, relevancy, sufficiency, other qualities
- provide citations, weights and measures
- describe means of verifying and vetting
- include related weighting of information sources
- Express concepts, inferences and ideas
- Deliberate cogency, consistency of inferences, interpretations, implications and conclusions
- Apply the deliberation to specific and general circumstances
- Evaluate likelihood of consequences given specific conclusions
- Determine actions and potential of likely effects
- List people and others involved and effects
https://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-elements-of-reasoning-and-the-intellectual-standards/480
Practical Tips
- one question or point at a time
- park other issues with a plan for review
- strict time keeping
- no ad hominem attacks
- respond to keep a thread
- provide materials in advance
- schedule follow-ups
- include disparate viewpoints