LIBERALISM 1
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- Liberal Democracy: a contradiction in terms?
- NO
- Democracy complements individualism, allowing individuals to shape their lives via the ballot box.
- Democracy complements 'government by consent'.
- Democracy helps to avoid the concentration of political power.
- Democracy is optimistic about human nature: it presupposes an intelligent electorate, capable of rational decisions.
- YES
- Democracy tends to be guided by majorities. Therefore threatens some with the 'tyranny of the majority'.
- Classical liberals tended to favour a limited electorate, so to safeguard property rights.
- John Stuart Mill thought votes should be given to only those with formal and appropriate education.
- University students should get two votes.
- Modern liberals flirt with supranational bodies like the European Union, where there is a 'democratic deficit'.
- Liberals seek to mitigate democracy's effects via assorted constitutional devices (e.g. Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court).
- NO
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