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    Peter Singer and Robert Dahl argue democratic legitimacy ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→An argument from fairness alone is insufficient to establish the superior legitimacy of democratic decision-making over other procedures

    Peter Singer and Robert Dahl argue democratic legitimacy requires not just procedural equality but equal consideration of interests across decisions over time.

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    • 1.Procedural equality alone permits systematic exclusion of minority interests if majorities consistently outvote them across repeated decisions.
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    • 2.Democratic legitimacy requires actual responsiveness to citizens' needs, not merely formal voting rights, to justify state coercion.
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    • 3.Equal consideration of interests reflects the core democratic principle that each person's wellbeing matters equally in collective decisions.
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    • 1.Measuring 'equal consideration of interests across time' is indeterminate—no objective metric exists to verify substantive equality was achieved.
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    • 2.Requiring outcomes-based validation of democratic legitimacy empowers unelected judges or experts to override procedural democratic choices.
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    • 3.Persistent minority losses may reflect legitimate value disagreements, not democratic failure—majoritarian preferences have democratic weight too.
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