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| "**consensus:** General agreement, characterized by the absence of sustained opposition to substantial issues by any important part of the concerned interests and by a process that involves seeking to take into account the views of all parties concerned and to reconcile any conflicting arguments.\\ NOTE Consensus need not imply unanimity." | "**consensus:** General agreement, characterized by the absence of sustained opposition to substantial issues by any important part of the concerned interests and by a process that involves seeking to take into account the views of all parties concerned and to reconcile any conflicting arguments.\\ NOTE Consensus need not imply unanimity." |
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| On the other side, an article by Ted Rau says, describing [[https://www.sociocracyforall.org/consent-decision-making/|Consent decision making]]: | On the other side, an article by Ted Rau says, describing what Sociocracy calls [[https://www.sociocracyforall.org/consent-decision-making/|Consent decision making]]: |
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| "You can think of consent as a version of consensus. | "You can think of consent as a version of consensus. |
| But instead of asking everyone, "Do you agree?", we ask, "Do you object?" If no one objects, there is consent. | But instead of asking everyone, "Do you agree?", we ask, "Do you object?" If no one objects, there is consent". |
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| | Clearly, people can choose the term that they want, to signify this concept. |
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