Structure of Ethical Value in Social Consensus Building

本研究的目的在于厘清共识建构的伦理价值结构，这在公民参与政治决策的时代是迫切需要的。在基础设施建设或环境问题等领域，建立共识是解决价值意识对立所引起的冲突的必要过程。本研究最重要的发现之一是，信任的伦理基础不仅是利益相关者之间的成功沟通，而且这种成功取决于参与者如何克服定义其话语结构的语法差距。官员的语法与市民的语法经常出现差异。官员认为问责应该做到科学客观、解释清楚，而公民则希望得到符合自身利益的适当交代。本研究认为，培养利益相关者之间信任感的伦理因素是克服话语语法的差距。语法冲突的解决之后还有另一个发现。话语的语法通常由讨论场所的结构决定。空间的安排对于持不同意见的人之间的协作讨论至关重要。

The aim of this research is to clarify the structure of ethical value in consensus building, which is urgent in the time of citizen participation in political decision. The consensus building is an essential process to find resolutions in the conflicts that are caused by oppositions of consciousness of values in such a field of constructing infrastructures or of environmental issues.One of the most important findings in this research is not only that the ethical basis of trust is successful communication among stakeholders, but also that this success depends on how participants overcome the gaps of grammars that defines the structure of their utterances.There often occur discrepancies between grammars of officials and those of citizens. Officers think that accountability should be done according to the scientific objectivity and plain explanation, whereas citizens want to have appropriate account that meets their interests. This research concludes that the ethical factor of fostering the sense of trust between stakeholders is to overcome the gap of grammars of utterances.The resolution of grammatical conflict is followed by another finding. The grammars of utterances are often determined by the structures of the places of discussion. The arrangement of space is essential for collaborative discussion between those who have different opinions.