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- Title
Right to Universal, Plural and Secret Vote: On the Liberal and Conservative Paradoxes of Mill's 'Elitist' Democracy.
- Authors
KUNDAKÇI, DENİZ
- Abstract
During the era witnessing the development of representative democracy, Mill defended the right to "universal suffrage" and believed that individuals should not be deprived of their political rights. This can be seen as a reflection of his modern, liberal, and democratic attitude. However, by defining certain mandatory prerequisites to have such voting right and adding that taking votes of each individual with an equal impact would be impossible, Mill also showed a contradicting position against his liberal and democratic attitude. The paradoxical limitations brought by Mill to the universal suffrage right can be interpreted as his presentation of an elitist democracy theory. In this paper, the reasons behind Mill's elitist democracy approach are discussed in details and the nature of his theory of democracy is examined.
- Subjects
PARADOX; MILLS, C. Wright (Charles Wright), 1916-1962; DEMOCRACY
- Publication
Beytulhikme: An International Journal of Philosophy, 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2, p593
- ISSN
1303-8303
- Publication type
Article