We should be deliberate and not hasty in our speech. What makes us act hastily in any matter, without giving it careful consideration? As long as we are in the process of thinking and have not uttered ...

This is the second in a series of opinion pieces on how to fix democracy. RADICAL change is needed to overcome the crisis in liberal democracy. The needs range from the constitution to the machinery ...

Joo-Cheong Tham receives funding from Australian Research Council, New South Wales Electoral Commission, Victorian Electoral Commission and the Melbourne Law School and is Director of the Electoral ...

Wise deliberation sustains cooperation Date: March 7, 2017 Source: University of Waterloo Summary: Giving people time to think about cooperating on a task can have a positive effect if they are ...

Collective deliberation is fuelled by disagreements and its epistemic value depends, inter alia, on how the participants respond to each other in disagreements. I use this accountability thesis to ...

Choices can be context dependent. This empirical finding is usually invoked to suggest that preferences are constructive and susceptible to decision environment. Yet preference construction can be ...

PEORIA -- A Springfield activist said the city is "apprehensive" about a verdict for Sean Grayson. The former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy standing trial for the 2024 murder of Sonya Massey took ...