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honoring the dignity of another human being as a fundamental act in resolving conflict. Noting

that the exercise of honoring another’s dignity is a primary aspect of relationship building as

explained by examining dignity using 10 elements. Hicks’ 10 elements of dignity include

acceptance of identity, inclusion, safety, acknowledgement, recognition, fairness, benefit of the

doubt, understanding, independence, and accountability. These 10 elements help with

understanding how groups in conflict can attain breakthroughs and levels of agreement. Examining

the role of dignity within civic deliberative dialogues using the 10 elements offers an approach for

assessing the dialogue environment through informal observations and data obtained from

participant and facilitator interviews.

Review of Theories and Concepts

Social Structuralism and the Recreation of Reality

In this ‘bonus’ section of the Literature Review I will be more concerned with the context

of my dissertation project where I reflect on previous readings and years of studying while enrolled

at WISR which examined ways human group interactions occur and the conversation structured

meta-language where I studied its uses or purpose while commenting or rebutting takes place

within dialogue and from there I concluded how shared meaning is a MORB construed concept.

The MORB (the Modus Operandi of Relational or Rationale Behavior) is my relational

configuration of the participant reflexive element that identifies with the Mass Trance through its

reinforced self-talk or internal dialogue (I.D) that references the outer world through undisclosed

thinking that is often indicative through posturing expressed indicators of one’s words and actions

It can be compared to Dasein, a German word ‘the one’ used by the philosopher Heidegger

that is sometimes translated as "being-there" or "being-here" (da combines in its meaning "here"

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