Sentences with phrase «level of public discourse»

By now, he probably would have lowered the level of public discourse with his comments and tweets that....

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.

I prefer Kahneman's «cognitive cascade» at the level of individual, or perhaps «informational cascade» at the level of public discourse.

Even just acknowledging more openly the incredible magnitude of the deep structural uncertainties that are involved in climate - change analysis — and explaining better to policymakers that the artificial crispness conveyed by conventional IAM - based CBAs [Integrated Assessment Model — Cost Benefit Analyses] here is especially and unusually misleading compared with more ordinary non-climate-change CBA situations — might go a long way toward elevating the level of public discourse concerning what to do about global warming.

Since those idealistic days when conservatives and liberals marched hand - in - hand towards a safer climate future, the level of public discourse has deteriorated.

He added that he had «too much faith» things had been handled properly at the jail, he was surprised at the level of neglect and issues at the prison rarely rose to a high level of public discourse discourse even during his campaign for mayor.

1) multiple interpretations of the Bible exist 2) there are many ways to apply the teachings of the Bible to public life 3) no one denomination or spokesperson has a monopoly on how to accurately interpret the Bible and apply it to public life 4) because we live in a pluralistic society, we must learn to raise the level of public discourse so that we not only appeal to our specific religious tradition, but to a common sense of morality and justice

Based on my friend's definition of the goal of advertising, Occupy achieved precisely what it set out to do: it brought the facts of economic inequality out of the obscurity of government reports and tedious articles and into the broadest possible levels of public discourse in terms we can all understand.

Not exact matches

Public discourse on marijuana legalization at the federal level has only seriously considered the options of Congress making it legal or, conversely, empowering some sort of crackdown.

In the U.S., today's public discourse on the sway of the Internet giants and their impact on society is at the level of a mere whisper.

Lasch reminds us that the corrosion of our democratic way of life and especially our public discourse has its roots in widespread distrust of our institutions and the traditions around which they have developed and of which they are the expressions — whether the family, church, and local communities, or private enterprise and all the various levels of government.

His bold initiative, we were told, contributed to raising the level of moral discourse in public policy.

Regardless of the level of secularization in the society at large, political actors tend to conflate ideology and spirituality, frequently leading to a discourse that incorporates a particular religious perspective in an attempt to gain public support.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg tells the Financial Times why he's considering a presidential run: «I find the level of discourse and discussion distressingly banal and an outrage and an insult to the voters,» adding that the public deserves «a lot better.»

The AAAS training also helped Ernst start a Twitter account (@ernstkc)(«I used to think it was a forum to just share trivial personal details about your day, but I have been impressed by the level of scientific discourse that goes on in the Twittersphere»), publish an op - ed on public health in the border region, and embrace the wide range of ways scientists can engage with the public.

That representation matches the public discourse around global warming, in which previous studies have shown that media characterize climate change as unsettled science with high levels of scientific uncertainty.

The societal level deals with the permissiveness of the political and social climate, the societal norms and the public discourse on what is possible and impossible for women to do, how women should behave etc (8)(9).

Nasher XChange will extend the museum's core mission beyond its walls and into Dallas» diverse neighborhoods, alongside key community partners, to present key advances in the rapidly expanding field of sculpture, raise the level of discourse on the subject within the city, and contribute to broader national and international conversations on public sculpture,» said Nasher Director Jeremy Strick.

The problem with this «end justifies the means» argument — where the means involved is the abhorrent use of a pejorative descriptor to devalue the arguers of alternative points of view rather than their arguments at the political and social level — is that it is as close to absolute evil in social and public discourse as it is possible to get.

While the brash brand of direct interference into the public discourse on scientific findings about global warming and associated harmful impacts we saw from Exxon operatives in the 1980s and 1990s has now morphed into a more passive, less - visible form of tampering — such as the company's continued stream of donations (some alleged to be illegal) to groups known for lobbying against and often shooting down federal and state - level proposals to promote renewable energy and limit carbon emissions — perhaps Avery will be able to persuade the new corporate leadership team to stop funding these groups altogether.

What we're driving at with this question is a higher level of thinking and public discourse about sustainable development.

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The quality of the public discourse in the U.S. in recent years has not risen to very high levels.