Social:Political egalitarianism
Political egalitarianism describes an inclusive and fair allocation of political power or influence, fair processes, and fair treatment of all regardless of characteristics like race, religion, wealth or intelligence.[1][2] Political egalitarianism, and its close cousin political equality, are key founding principles and sources of legitimacy for many democracies.[1] Related principles include one person, one vote and equality before the law.[3]
Discussion
Egalitarianism
Egalitarianism believes that all people are of equal fundamental worth and should have equal status.[2] Egalitarians tend to focus more on process and treating people as social equals than on the raw distribution of power.[4]
Political equality
Political equality is only achieved when the norms, rules and procedures that govern the community afford equal consideration to all.[4] Robert Dahl believes that the ideal of democracy assumes that political equality is desirable.[5] He goes on to argue that political equality and democracy are supported by the inherent intrinsic equal worth of every person (intrinsic equality) and the tendency of concentrated power to corrupt.[6]
Equality before the law
Equality before law means that the law applies to all peoples equally and without exceptions. For example, the freedom of speech should apply the same to all members of a society.
Laws can sometimes be designed to help minimize unequal application.[7] Well-designed constitutions, for example, can help protect political rights in functioning democracies.[8][9]
See also
- "All men are created equal"
- Deliberative democracy
- Democratization
- Egalitarianism
- Human rights
- Money in politics
- One person, one vote
- Political freedom
- Positive liberty
- Sortition
- Universal suffrage
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peter, Fabienne (2007-08-01). "The Political Egalitarian’s Dilemma" (in en). Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 10 (4): 373–387. doi:10.1007/s10677-006-9057-z. ISSN 1572-8447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-006-9057-z.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Arneson, Richard (2013), Zalta, Edward N., ed., "Egalitarianism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2013/entries/egalitarianism/, retrieved 2023-11-05
- ↑ Verba, Sydney (January 2001). "Political Equality: What Is It? Why Do We Want It?". p. 19. https://www.russellsage.org/research/reports/political-equality.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Beramendi, P., Besley, T. and Levi, M. (2022), ‘Political equality: what is it and why does it matter?’, IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities
- ↑ Dahl, Robert Alan (2006). On Political Equality. New Haven (Conn.): Yale University Press. pp. 2. ISBN 978-0-300-11607-6. https://archive.org/details/onpoliticalequal0000dahl/page/n20/mode/1up?_autoReadAloud=show&view=theater.
- ↑ Dahl, Robert Alan (2006). On Political Equality. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Univ. Press. pp. 4. ISBN 978-0-300-11607-6. https://archive.org/details/onpoliticalequal0000dahl/page/4/mode/1up?_autoReadAloud=show&view=theater.
- ↑ Lucy, William (2011). "Equality under and before the law". The University of Toronto Law Journal 61 (3): 411–465. doi:10.3138/utlj.61.3.411.
- ↑ Jessica Bulman-Pozen & Miriam Seifter, The Democracy Principle in State Constitutions, 119Mich. L. Rev. 859 (2021).
- ↑ Lepore, Jill (2021-03-22). "When Constitutions Took Over the World" (in en-US). The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/29/when-constitutions-took-over-the-world.
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