Deliberation

Deliberation is a process of thoughtfully weighing options, for example prior to <a href="/facts/Voting/jPVTljTJ">voting</a>. Deliberation emphasizes the use of <a href="/facts/Logic/8JnpJLtt">logic</a> and <a href="/facts/Reason/tcBImN8J">reason</a> as opposed to power-struggle, creativity, or <a href="/facts/Dialogue/a3etwdsd">dialogue</a>. <a href="/facts/Group_decision-making/NtQaW36f">Group decisions</a> are generally made after deliberation through a vote or <a href="/facts/Consensus_decision-making/z965PMKc">consensus</a> of those involved.
In legal settings a jury famously uses deliberation because it is given specific options, like guilty or not guilty, along with information and arguments to evaluate. In "<a href="/facts/Deliberative_democracy/9aDJ8I9G">deliberative democracy</a>", the aim is for both elected officials and the general public to use deliberation rather than power-struggle as the basis for their vote.
Individual deliberation is also a description of day-to-day <a href="/facts/Rationality/ueS0w9lk">rational</a> decision-making, and as such is an <a href="/facts/Epistemic_virtue/1hrnEG10">epistemic virtue</a>.

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Deliberation