Subject: Re: A MAJOR MISTAKE AND APOLOGY Re: And the VILLAGE SQUARE
Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2014
Msg: 101060
Re: And the VILLAGE SQUARELOL. Been there, John, and done that!
For the record: We do need to be mindful of the "ladder of engagement" and sensitive to the different needs that different people have at different times with regard to involving themselves in discussion of policy and political issues. Each of the existing approaches to dialogue and deliberation makes a contribution to the project of building a more participatory democracy.
My particular concern is with the resolution of deep disagreement. My disappointment with methods that fail to make progress toward achieving this goal is more a reflection of my own quixotic quest for (to mix a metaphor) the holy grail of such resolution than it is of the more-modest aims that the creators and users of those methods set for themselves. That said, I will repeat the point I made in an earlier post, viz., that I believe most methods are not based on and do not embody well-articulated theories of psychology that speak to questions of personal motivation, interpersonal dynamics, psychic needs, social influences, etc. In contrast, I can imagine, for example, that a method developed with the conscious intent to incorporate Jonathan Haidt's research findings would prove not only effective in appropriate circumstances but would also advance progress in the field more swiftly and surely than approaches lacking such a basis.
But then, what do I know?...
Cheers,
Michael Briand homo sapiens pussilus Chico, CA
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