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Single Idea 21129
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / a. Nature of democracy
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Full Idea
Competitive democrats believe that democracy is simply a method for selecting political leaders …Participatory democrats associate the democratic ideal with living in a participatory society …Deliberative democrats identify public reasoning as key.
Gist of Idea
Democracy is a method of selection, or it involves participation, or it concerns public discussion
Source
Andrew Shorten (Contemporary Political Theory [2016], 05)
Book Ref
Shorten,Andrew: 'Contemporary Political Theory' [Palgrave 2016], p.109
A Reaction
Personally I would favour public discussion, but that is the last thing leaders want, especially if they are not very knowledgeable or clever.
The
17 ideas
from Andrew Shorten
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21113
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Liberal equality concerns rights, and liberal freedom concerns choice of ends
[Shorten]
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21115
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Liberalism should not make assumptions such as the value of choosing your own life plan
[Shorten]
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21114
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Liberals treat individuals as mutual strangers, rather than as social beings
[Shorten]
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21123
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Liberal Nationalism is more communitarian, and Constitutional Patriotism more cosmopolitan
[Shorten]
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21117
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Liberal citizens have a moral requirement to respect freedom and equality
[Shorten]
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21121
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Liberal Nationalism encourages the promotion of nationalistic values
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21122
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Liberal Nationalism says welfare states and democracy needed a shared sense of nationality
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21118
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Constitutional Patriotism unites around political values (rather than national identity)
[Shorten]
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21124
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Religious toleration has been institutionalised by the separation of church and state
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21126
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Representative should be either obedient, or sensible, or typical
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21128
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There is 'mirror representation' when the institution statistically reflects the population
[Shorten]
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21127
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In a changed situation a Mandated Representative can't keep promises and fight for constituents
[Shorten]
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21129
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Democracy is a method of selection, or it involves participation, or it concerns public discussion
[Shorten]
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21130
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Some say democracy is intrinsically valuable, others that it delivers good outcomes
[Shorten]
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21134
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Maybe the rational autonomous liberal individual is merely the result of domination
[Shorten]
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21135
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There are eight different ways in which groups of people can be oppressed
[Shorten, by PG]
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21136
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Utilitarians conflate acts and omissions; causing to drown and failing to save are the same
[Shorten]
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