more on this theme | more from this thinker | more from this text
Full Idea
If you value democracy because it yields political stability, then you will probably worry about different aspects of the procedure from those who care about its producing good decisions.
Gist of Idea
Design your democracy to yield political stability, or good decisions?
Source
Adam Swift (Political Philosophy (3rd ed) [2014], 5 'Values')
Book Ref
Swift,Adam: 'Political Philosophy (3rd edn)' [Polity 2014], p.212
A Reaction
[Combine this with Idea 20562] Surely the primary aim must be good decisions? The other three options are the result of pessimism about any method achieving that. Instability, inequality and dud citizens are bars to good decisions.
Related Idea
Idea 20562 Design your democracy to treat citizens equally, or to produce better citizens? [Swift]