Is a free-market economy necessary to democracy? This is a complex question to which there is no unequivocal answer. On one side a system of production is distribution based upon the principal of free exchange can be seen as conductive to democracy. Like democracy, the market treats individuals non-paternalistic-ally, as the best judges their own […]
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Political parties play in democracy
Political parties play in democracy? In a large society people can exercise little public influence as individuals, but can in association with others. Political parties bring together those who share similar views and interest to campaign for political office and influence. They perform a number of different functions. For the electorate they help simplify the […]
Why should we value democracy?
Why should we value democracy? There are many reasons why democracy should be valued. Why should we value democracy? Democracy aims to treat all people equality.’ Everyone to count for one and one for more than one.’ Wrote the English legal theorist Jermy Bentham in his attack on the aristocratic view that some people’s lives […]