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    It is not the case that Democratic decisions are legitimate if the aggregative process is fair

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    • 1.Aggregative fairness can produce outcomes that systematically disadvantage minorities, violating basic rights that constrain legitimate authority.
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    • 2.Procedural fairness is necessary but not sufficient for legitimacy; outcomes must meet substantive threshold conditions (Dworkin's 'constitutional constraints').
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    • 3.A procedure that fairly aggregates preferences for slavery or persecution cannot confer legitimacy on those outcomes, demonstrating procedure alone is insufficient.
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    • 1.Deliberative theorists (Habermas, Cohen) argue legitimacy requires reasoned public justification among equals, not mere preference aggregation.
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    • 2.Aggregating pre-political preferences launders existing social inequalities and power asymmetries into apparently fair outcomes, corrupting procedural neutrality.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Pure proceduralism holds that the legitimacy of democratic decisions derives from the fairness of the procedure used to make them
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    • 2.Aggregative democracy takes the aggregation of individual preferences (e.g., through voting) to be the key feature of democracy
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