Sept/Oct 2013
Neg Counters Consensus not a Dem. Value
foundationbriefs.com
Page 89 of 104
Democracy does not require true majority rule, which is assumed under CV, DAT
Macedo, Stephen. Against Majoritarianism Democratic Values and Institutional Design
Boston University Law Review, Vol. 90:1029.
Ronald Dworkin seems tome correct with respect to a fundamental point which is very often missed the basic principle of democracy is political equality and there is an important gap – an interpretive gap – between that principle and the more concrete rules and norms that structure decision making in particular institutional settings. Importantly, majority rule is not a fundamental principle of either democracy or fairness, nor is it required by any basic principle of democracy or fairness. Rather, it is one among a variety of decision rules that may, but need not, advance the project of collective legitimate self-rule based on political equality Majority rule is a decision rule that has some nice properties, for example it is decisive when there are only two options, but its virtues, both practical and moral, are easily and frequently exaggerated. (1030)
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