Bringing "Collective Objectivity" to Society's Decision-Making
As suggested by George Por in his entry about intersubjectivity and collective objectivity,
approaches such as Andrew Cohen's remarkable enlightened communication constitute leading-edge work in group-level "collective objectivity".
However, our global predicament and democratic sensibilities call us to translate this capacity for collective objectivity into our political/governmental institutions in ways that actually enable us to collectively address our growing collective problems well. For this task we need to know more than powerful in-group processes that deepen the consciousness of participants. We need further explorations to clarify ways to do at least the following (and probably more) in ways that can enhance a group's collective objectivity and channel it into service of the whole society:
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