This book explores the meaning and role of ¿fair and reasoned discourse¿ in the


context of our institutions for environmental decision processes. The book


reviews the roles of our ¿environmental advocacy organizations¿¿such as The


Sierra Club, The Audubon Society, the Environmental Defense Fund¿in providing


and ensuring that our discourse and decisions are fair and reasoned according to


the criteria of being (i) inclusive of input from all affected, (ii) informed of relevant


scientific and socio-economic information, (iii) uncorrupted by direct conflicts of


interest, and (iv) logical according robust review by uncorrupted judges. These

organizations are described and examined as expressions of ¿collective imperfect


duty, ¿ i.e. the coordinated duties with environmental direction. The current state


of our discourse is examined in light of this fairness criteria, particularly in


consideration of the cross-border problems that threaten tragedies of the global


commons.