PHL 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pop Quiz, Ku Klux Klan, Liberal Democracy
15 Apr 2016
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Pursuit of anti-social goals (felons shouldn"t vote because they have harmful goals) Felons lack moral capacity and will use their vote to pursue immoral or selish ends: policies that lessen punishments on certain crimes, changing prison system, changing what is and is not considered a crime. Lacking moral capacity: they will not vote for the good of society. Objections: nature of representative constitutional democracy, voting is meant to be in one"s own interests. Believe it is unlikely that all felons meet all of the above conditions. 3 examples of groups more likely to be disenfranchised (in the opinion of caste and brenner: nazi regime, klu klux klan (kkk, communist workers party. They think the above groups should not be disenfranchised on the speciicly stated grounds. A group that has antisocial goals and relies on the constitution to protect them from harm is not a group that qualiies for disenfranchisement.
