Who was the first to say "mature discussion"?
The American political philosopher John Rawls was the first to systematically propose the concept of "[[careful deliberation]]" ([[deliberation]]). In his book "[[justification]] ([[A Theory of Justice]])" (1971), he discussed [[the selection of principles of justice through deliberation]]. Rawls argued that deliberation is necessary for the formation of a just social contract, and the discussion of "[[deliberation democracy]] ([[deliberative democracy]])" developed in the subsequent fields of political philosophy and democratic theory.
In addition to Rawls, Jürgen Habermas (Jürgen Habermas) is also an important theorist of deliberative democracy, and his communication theory has influenced the concept of deliberation.
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