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Essay / Moral disagreement over capital punishment Current American experience seems to suggest that a solution to every dilemma can be found through sufficient lobbying, legislation, media blitzes, or politics. We often think that the person who argues most eloquently, sanely, or forcefully will win every conflict, but there are times when this optimism fails. we cannot unravel simply by proving that we are right and the other is wrong. Some moral issues allow for such different perspectives that holders of completely opposing views can both be morally sound. Rather than trying to reason one way, we can only hope to understand each position well enough to do so. recognize its critical elements and minimize bitter dissension. Even with the most fundamental moral differences, we are often forced to make clear, unwavering decisions. Amid a roar of incompatible assertions about the need to protect fetal lives and women's liberties, policymakers must decide definitively whether abortion will be legally available. Neither years of careful thought nor months of fierce debate will yield an objectively right answer – another method is clearly needed. The deliberative technique proposed here does not give automatic answers, but it allows difficult choices to be made. This idea of democratic deliberation does not require all 270 million American citizens to participate in debate or vote in a binding referendum. Such a large and varied state makes this impossible and, less obviously, such brutal majoritarianism also ignores the positions of a substantial minority. In efforts to...... middle of article ...... creative discourse has a natural tendency to make the decision-making process more inclusive by embracing a wider range of viewpoints, whether it be students, philosophers or death. Inmates in rows. Obviously, this method is not infallible or universally applicable, but deliberation is valuable for the simple reason that it is at its core “a form of agreement to disagreement.” In many cases of deliberation, there will be no obvious compromise to include all points of view, so all we can hope is to accommodate everyone's strongest points. Some groups will always be dissatisfied, but we can try to limit the moral discord created. Although we may disagree on opinions, there is little we can say or do to make our beliefs unsanctified. Moral positions should not be silenced, but should instead be taken into account, as can be done in democratic deliberations..
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