Politicians like to claim that they are “in it together” or “in the same boat” with their subjects. In fact, they are not. Should they be? To what extent? This book offers the first systematic treatment of these questions. It contends that, under the status quo, rulers do not have enough skin in the game; they do not bear the consequences of their decisions in office as much as justice demands. The book defends equal subjection, a novel understanding of political equality that requires rulers to cast their lot with the ruled as equal users of the goods and services that they have a duty to provide for all. It proposes an original way of aligning the interests of rulers and subjects that would mitigate the principal–agent problem in politics and also make societies intrinsically more just. Authoritarianism is on the rise. What is to be done? Political philosophers are back in the business of thinking seriously and creatively about the design of better political institutions. But their ingenuity remains confined to the choice of decision-making schemes, neglecting the importance of decision-bearing rules. This book makes the case for an original idea that expands the limits of our political imagination.
What virtues are necessary for democracy to succeed? This book turns to John Dewey and Reinhold Niebuhr, two of America’s most influential theorists of democracy, to answer this question. Dewey and Niebuhr both implied—although for very different reasons—that humility and mutuality are important virtues for the success...
Two very general ideas have shaped my thinking about constitutional law. The first is that most of the rights in the Charter protect or advance different aspects of our relationship or connection with others. We are social beings. Who we are – our identity, our agency – is shaped by our interactions with others. Rights...
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Abstract This article analyzes the rise of the far right in Argentina, asking whether it signifies the end of the “Never Again democratic pact.” It argues that this phenomenon stems from the erosion of the collective democratic subjectivity that underpinned it, in light of the state’s inability to fulfill its dual prom...
María Maneiro· Revista Direito e Práxis· 0 citations
This book gathers a series of studies by scholars who have dedicated these last few years to research in the field of participatory democracy. Their purpose is precisely to engage in a theoretical discussion about the value of participatory democracy in the 21st century. Part I deals with the challenge of antipolitics....
Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka do us a great service in reminding us that when thinking about the relevant scales of our political relations with animals, it is crucial that we are not stymied by limiting ideas of unitary nation-states. We ought to embrace the very different and often overlapping political relations a...
This book is a sustained attack on the claim that values are objective, in the world independent of people’s attitudes. It evaluates this claim in different value domains: moral, personal or prudential, aesthetic, and general evaluative. The first section greatly expands on J.L. Mackie’s appeal to moral disagreement...
Alan H. Goldman· 0 citations
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