democracy

“…The moment a people allows itself to be represented, it is no longer free: it no longer exists.” A “pure democracy” interpretation of Rousseau could use this statement about representatives as evidence that The Social Contract is a manifesto of radical self-government. If we hold as an axiom from this interpretation that a person under […]

[Written for a Problems of Democracy” course to answer the prompt: “Is democracy an end in itself or is it a means to an end (or ends)? If it is an end in itself, what makes it so? If it serves other ends, what are they? If it serves other ends, is it essential (indispensable