Deliberative rhetoric juxtaposes potential future outcomes to communicate support or opposition for a given action or policy.
[2] It differs from deliberative democracy, which is a form of governmental discourse or institution that prioritizes public debate.
[3] Deliberative speeches are those that argue for a course of action, derived from the Greek sumbouleutikos, meaning “to weigh” or “to consider.”[3] Designed for use in the senate, the purpose of deliberative speeches is to make a case for what people should or should not do in the future.
"[4] According to Aristotle, political orators make an argument for a particular position on the grounds that the future results will be in the public's best interest.
He wrote that a politician "aims at establishing the expediency or the harmfulness of a proposed course of action; if he urges its acceptance, he does so on the ground that it will do good; if he urges its rejection, he does so on the ground that it will do harm.