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Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation: A Theory of Discourse Failure (Reprint Edition) by Guido Pincione, Fernando R. Tesón Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-521-17538-0 / 0521175380 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-17538-8 / 9780521175388 In public political deliberation, people will err and lie in accordance with definite patterns. Such discourse failure results from behavior that is both instrumentally and epistemically rational. The deliberative practices of a liberal democracy (let alone repressive or non-democratic societies) ca |