DANCEST 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Participatory Democracy, Deliberative Democracy, Social Choice Theory
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Class 5 - democracy i (29th may 2017) From before: rights, essential role in our interpersonal relations, crucial to our standing/dignity and interests, state needed to. Implement and protect rights: solving disputes, guarantor of justice, provide/promote public welfare / look after the common good. Legitimation of the state: by it delivering the "goods, procedural, e. g. there is something intrinsically fair/correct about the way collective decisions are taken. Which is more likely to provide the goods: rule by one, monarchy; benevolent/enlightened dictatorship, rule by "the best"/the most able, aristocracy, rule by all, democracy. Monarchy: executional effectiveness, problems, danger of tyranny. Aristocracy: most able rule: wise decisions, problems, less effective execution (disagreement withinb the aristocracy, danger of oligarchy. Democracy: seems fairest (self-rule, people as a whole most interested in the common good, problems, danger of mob rule, "people are stupid, obnoxious and daft, and selfish, emotional, short-sighted, etc, possible benefits, condorcet / mill.
