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    Substantive democratic equality is only instrumentally va... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Substantive democratic equality should have no independent weight against the fundamental aim of producing just laws and policies.

    Substantive democratic equality is only instrumentally valuable insofar as it is a means to substantive justice.

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    Implementing the substantive ideal of democratic equality might conflict with other justice norms (Estlund 2000). Suppose that restrictions on campaign financing and lobbying by interest groups reduce the influence of the wealthy on political policy choices, so that democratic equality is more nearly fulfilled. It might be the case that the now prohibited extra contributions of the wealthy would have enhanced the quality of political deliberation and produced better informed and substantively mo

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