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| Summary: | Political decisions have the potential to greatly impact our lives. Think of decisions in relation to abortion or climate change, for example. This makes political legitimacy an important normative concern. But what makes political decisions legitimate? Are they legitimate in virtue of having support from the citizens? This is what democratic conceptions of political legitimacy maintain. And they are right to highlight that legitimate political decision-making must respect disagreements among the citizens. But what if democratic decisions fail to track what there is most reason to do? For example, what if a democratically elected government fails to take measures necessary to protect its population from threats related to climate change? In this book, I defend a hybrid conception of political legitimacy. I argue that political legitimacy doesn't just depend on respect for the political will. It also depends on responding to evidence for what there is most reason to do.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 232 pages) |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9780191983580
0191983586
0198872402
9780198872405 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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