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Article: Learning public deliberation through the critique of institutional argument.
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- Argumentation and Advocacy
- Article date:
- March 22, 1995
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In a society, institutions are frequently charged with the responsibility of representing the public good. Relying on argumentation, institutions interpret public interest in order to define, articulate and support the norms that sustain collective life. Often, this process benefits those who inhabit the public domain. Institutions enact their value when they coordinate social, economic and political interactions that better everyone's quality of life. At other times, however, institutional arguments about the public good reduce the terms of social and political development to a functional equation that robs individuals of the ability to articulate visions of collective ...