deliberative

Etymology

Middle French délibératif, from Latin deliberativus

adj

1. That deliberates, considers carefully.
   Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control. 2012-01, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 2012-01-08, page 74

noun

1. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
2. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.