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about voting, it only cares about what is appropriate in a democracy here you could also make the argument about why the definition of ought, using warrants from the Finlay and Snedegar article, justifies this interpretation. Then, the fundamental feature that constitutes a democracy’s identity is the practice of voting. Voting
is
democracy. This would be to say that democracy in its purest form isn’t even really bound bylaws or a constitution. Instead, it is just solely the will of the people. Next, voting constitutes democracy in such away that the society is more and more a legitimate democracy if more and more people vote (this should follow directly from the warrants for pure direct democracy as the only legitimate form. Then, it’s a quickstep to say that compulsory voting ensures that more people votes, thus bringing us closer to a true democracy.
Conclusion
Hopefully this essay has got you thinking about things you weren’t thinking about before. My advice is to take what is useful to you. Don’t feel bound to write a particular case position that I’ve outlined. Instead, take inspiration from different parts of the essay to motivate your own thinking. If any of the citations I’ve given are interesting, look into the texts themselves, but also use them to expand your research all of the works I cite in turn cite other authors and works, which will be directly on your topic of interest. Furthermore, other authors may have cited the works I mention. Find them using a service like Google Scholar, which allows you to see all the other works that have cited a particular text. Good luck and have fun.
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