If democratic equality's justification is itself consequentialist and outcome-dependent, it generates no independent deontological weight capable of overriding substantive justice.
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A form of relational equality holding that all members of society are entitled to a baseline equal status as citizens, with some version of this entitlement being unconditional.
justification(Third condition of the tripartite account of knowledge)
The condition on a knower's belief that excludes mere luck — the belief must be held in a way that is appropriate or warranted, not merely accidentally correct.
substantive justice(Presented as a potentially competing value against substantive democratic equality.)
The quality of political decisions, laws, and public policies being genuinely just in content and outcome, as distinct from procedurally fair.