Democratic Authority : A Philosophical Framework /

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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
Autor principal: Estlund, David M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Democracy > Philosophy.
Democracy.
Authority.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Judicial Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Autorite.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Democratic authority
  • Truth and despotism
  • An acceptability requirement
  • The limits of fair procedure
  • The flight from substance
  • Epistemic proceduralism
  • Authority and normative consent
  • Original authority and the democracy/jury analogy
  • How would democracy know?
  • The real speech situation
  • Why not an epistocracy of the educated?
  • The irrelevance of the jury theorem
  • Rejecting the democracy/contractualism analogy
  • Utopophobia : concession and aspiration in democratic theory.

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