Deliberative Citizens, (Non)Deliberative Politicians

A Rejoinder

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9684754
AutoresAndré Bächtiger (0000-0001-6633-0609, Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, autor de correspondencia), Simon Beste (Health & Medical Publishing Group)
Año2017
Volumen146
Número3
Páginas106-118
Fecha de publicación2017-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDaedalus (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192
EditorialMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/daed_a_00450
OpenAlexW2726084332
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

Are citizens or politicians (more) capable of deliberation, and when should they be willing to do so? In this essay, we first show that both politicians and citizens have the capacity to deliberate when institutions are appropriate. Yet high-quality deliberation sometimes collides with democratic principles and ideals. Therefore, we employ a “need-oriented” perspective, asking when and where citizens and the political workings of democracy need high-quality deliberation and when and where this is less the case. On this account, we propose a number of institutional interventions and reforms that may help boost deliberation in ways that both exploit its unique epistemic and ethical potential while simultaneously making it compatible with democratic principles and ideals

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