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- Title
Authority, Equality and Democracy.
- Authors
Marmor, Andrei
- Abstract
The purpose of this essay is to argue that considerations of fairness play an essential role in the justification of democratic decision procedures. The first part argues that considerations of fairness form part of a practical authority's legitimacy, and that in the political context, those considerations of fairness entail a principle of equal distribution of political power. Subsequently, the article elaborates on the kind of equality which is required in democratic procedures, arguing that different principles of equality should apply to the deliberation and the decision stages of democracy. Finally, the article concludes with a few sketchy remarks on the possible relations between considerations of fairness and soundness of democratic procedures.
- Subjects
DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL systems; EQUALITY; AUTHORITY; POWER (Social sciences); PRACTICAL politics
- Publication
Ratio Juris, 2005, Vol 18, Issue 3, p315
- ISSN
0952-1917
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9337.2005.00301.x