Votes and Virtues: What Democracy Requires

Philosophy and Global Affairs 1 (2):237-258 (2021)
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Abstract

Anglophone political theorists regard democracy as an electoral system. The moral character of citizens in a democracy is of no interest to them. But electoral systems that disregard the virtue of citizens yield racist governmental systems and major injustices. Democracy requires citizens distinguished by virtues.

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Richard Schmitt
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