Holding
the language of public discourse against the highest standards of reason and integrity is a responsibility shared by politicians and the media, and to a considerable extent, civil society.
Not exact matches
The criticism
of Reagan at the time was that, by referring to «evil,» he was reintroducing to
public discourse a moral category that is dangerously close to the
language of religion and divine destiny that America had long since outgrown.
Our analysis suggests that one
of the emerging coalitions will be united by belief in God, an understanding that such belief has implications for
public life, and a preference for religious
language in political
discourse.
To the extent that our
public discourse is perceived to be indifferent or hostile to the
language of Jerusalem, our social and political order faces an ever deepening crisis
of legitimacy.
It is an entirely different thing when the president
of the United States uses the same dehumanizing
language in
public discourse.
Morrisey thus provides a great example
of exactly what the media has done to
public discourse: It has blurred the lines between reality and fiction in the service
of remaking social and sexual ethics, and it has helped to trivialize the
language of relationship in a profoundly significant manner.
And it must attend to the
languages that are the medium
of public discourse in congregations» host cultures.
We see that abuse
of language every day now in our
public discourse.
We (the
public) can change the
discourse by changing the
language as much as by anything else, by making it more open and inclusive, through a sense
of positionality.
To this end, the Center has developed a three - stage knowledge transfer process: (1) Knowledge Synthesis — a critical analysis
of cutting - edge science and program evaluation research to identify core concepts and evidence - based findings that are broadly accepted by the scientific community; (2) Knowledge Translation — the identification
of gaps in understanding between scientists and the
public, and the development
of effective
language to communicate accurate scientific information in a way that can inform sound
public discourse; and (3) Knowledge Communication — the production and dissemination
of a wide variety
of publications and educational media via print, the Web, and in - person presentations.
Don Watson (author
of Death Sentence: The Decay
of Public Language) bemoaned that a fashion for «management speak» had entered public discourse, including the language of Australian sc
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public discourse, including the
language of Australian schools.
Of course, including religious people and using religious
language will not answer all questions, and we do not seek a
public policy formed by religious people or a scientific
discourse answerable to faith statements.
By recognizing and avoiding the kinds
of perversions Orwell decried, Fischer argues, «lawyers can elevate legal
language and
public discourse.»
He calls this phenomenon «the Trump effect,» explaining that, similar to how President Donald J. Trump has lowered the level
of public discourse by making crude
language and personal attacks permissible, lawyers soon will follow suit.