Non-domination and democratic legitimacy
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Non-domination and democratic legitimacy. / Rostbøll, Christian F.
In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Vol. 18, No. 4, DOI:10.1080/13698230.2015.1033862, 01.07.2015, p. 424-439.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Non-domination and democratic legitimacy
AU - Rostbøll, Christian F.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - While many regard equality as the moral foundation of democracy,republican theory grounds democracy in freedom as non-domination. Thegrounding of democracy in freedom has been criticized for relying oneither an Aristotelian perfectionism or a Rousseauian equation of the peoplein their collective capacity and the people understood severally. Therepublican theory of freedom and democracy has the resources to meetthese criticisms. But the most systematic elaboration of republicanism, thatof Philip Pettit, achieves this by turning the relationship between freedomand democracy into an instrumental relationship in a manner open toobjections. Instead, republicanism should offer a justification of democracythat also has a non-instrumental dimension. This revised republican freedomargument for democracy has advantages compared to the equalityargument for democracy, including a better explanation of democraticprocedures.
AB - While many regard equality as the moral foundation of democracy,republican theory grounds democracy in freedom as non-domination. Thegrounding of democracy in freedom has been criticized for relying oneither an Aristotelian perfectionism or a Rousseauian equation of the peoplein their collective capacity and the people understood severally. Therepublican theory of freedom and democracy has the resources to meetthese criticisms. But the most systematic elaboration of republicanism, thatof Philip Pettit, achieves this by turning the relationship between freedomand democracy into an instrumental relationship in a manner open toobjections. Instead, republicanism should offer a justification of democracythat also has a non-instrumental dimension. This revised republican freedomargument for democracy has advantages compared to the equalityargument for democracy, including a better explanation of democraticprocedures.
U2 - 10.1080/13698230.2015.1033862
DO - 10.1080/13698230.2015.1033862
M3 - Journal article
VL - 18
SP - 424
EP - 439
JO - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
JF - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
SN - 1369-8230
IS - 4
M1 - DOI:10.1080/13698230.2015.1033862
ER -
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