Political Science 3334E Chapter Schrag&Lau: Political Science 3334 Schrag&Lau

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 3334E
• Professor: Tony Vernon

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Govt. must give equal consideration to the good and interests of every person bound by those decisions. Adults should be given complete and final authority on the government of the state. Implied by a more basic values: means to attain desirable consequences. Cohen: claims that democracy is itself a fundamental political ideal and not simply a derivative ideal that can be explained in terms of the values of fairness or equality of respect. To be legitimate the decision must be the result of the persuasiveness of the reasons, not the power of the group offering them ideal deliberators need to know the number of reasons others find acceptable. Normative epistemic authoritarianism or rule by the wise is a strong one according to. Children do have interest not shared by adults: the most salient being the interests in receiving an adequate education, every child is owed an autonomy facilitating education consider lowering the age of the franchise substantially.