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Justifications of Democracy (The instrumental/ intrinsic distinction (Does…
Justifications of Democracy
The instrumental/ intrinsic distinction
Does this distinction make sense? Which type would be more valuable?
(Anderson collapses this distinction)
Some moral theories e.g. classic utilitarianism by definition will have no room for any intrinsic values other than pleasure
Instrumental reasons
Arneson
Correctness vs best results
Intrinsic reasons
Equality
Christiano
Gould- self-government
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The puzzle of the minority democrat
Wollheim
Estlund
What is democracy?
Populist vs liberal democracy
What is the general will?
Epistemic populism
'Reasonable' populism
Anderson
(obviously at this point we begin to get into forms of democracy, but that's another topic)
The epistemic value of democracy
Social choice theory
aggregation problems
Condorcet jury theorem
Epistemic proceduralism- Estlund
Arguments
against
democracy
The problem of democratic citizenship- are citizens suited to ruling?
Plato
Hobbes
Expert-boss fallacy
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Any empirical evidence you can find?
Responses to problem of democratic citizenship
Elite theories of democracy
Interest group pluralism- Dahl
Citizens as choosers of aims- Christiano 1996
Colonialism