Full Idea
If your main reason for being a democrat is that democratic procedures respect citizens equally, then you may want a different kind of democracy from those who favour it because they think it tends to produce better citizens?
Gist of Idea
Design your democracy to treat citizens equally, or to produce better citizens?
Source
Adam Swift (Political Philosophy (3rd ed) [2014], 5 'Values')
Book Reference
Swift,Adam: 'Political Philosophy (3rd edn)' [Polity 2014], p.212
A Reaction
[Combine this with Idea 20563]
Related Idea
Idea 20563 Design your democracy to yield political stability, or good decisions? [Swift]