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This section features a variety of resources for teaching deliberation developed in the course of our project at Duke University. Much of it comes from a presentation at the Institute on College Student Values in Tallahassee, Florida on February 5, 2000 and from a Writing Fellows Workshop at Duke University on August 16, 2000. These materials offer an overview of the art of deliberation and the links between teaching ethics and teaching skills of good writing and argument, as well as practical lessons for course design and classroom practice.

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Part One: Why Teach Deliberation?

1. Common Features of Student Writing that Need Work
2. Features of Deliberative Writing

Part Two: Theoretical Sources for Teaching Deliberation

1. Deliberative Democracy
2. Deliberation & Disagreement
3. "Intellectual Fairness" in Argument
4. Recent Work in Rhetoric on Early Sophists
5. A Provisional Summary of Deliberation
6. Two Concepts of Ethical Claims
7. Deliberation & Ethical Community
8. Shaping Ethical Community through Public Argument
9. Moral Disagreement
10. What is "Good Argument" in the Academy?

Part Three: Practical Resources for Teaching Deliberation

1. Ideas for Selecting Course Topics
2. Creating Opportunities for Classroom Deliberation
3. Campus Debates as a Teaching Resource
4. Resources for Teaching Writing and Moral Deliberation
5. Moral Deliberation Project Features and Lessons Learned