Democratic Authority : A Philosophical Framework /

Democracy is not naturally plausible. Why turn such important matters over to masses of people who have no expertise? Many theories of democracy answer by appealing to the intrinsic value of democratic procedure, leaving aside whether it makes good decisions. In Democratic Authority, David Estlund o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Estlund, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009]
Edición:Course Book
Temas:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER I. Democratic Authority
  • CHAPTER II. Truth and Despotism
  • CHAPTER III. An Acceptability Requirement
  • CHAPTER IV. The Limits of Fair Procedure
  • CHAPTER V. The Flight from Substance
  • CHAPTER VI. Epistemic Proceduralism
  • CHAPTER VII. Authority and Normative Consent
  • CHAPTER VIII. Original Authority and the Democracy/Jury Analogy
  • CHAPTER IX. How Would Democracy Know?
  • CHAPTER X. The Real Speech Situation
  • CHAPTER XI. Why Not an Epistocracy of the Educated?
  • CHAPTER XII. The Irrelevance of the Jury Theorem
  • CHAPTER XIII. Rejecting the Democracy/Contractualism Analogy
  • CHAPTER XIV. Utopophobia: Concession and Aspiration in Democratic Theory
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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