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Philosophy

The Political Philosophy of Deliberative Democracy and Public Reason

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Philosopher Jürgen Habermas argued that legitimate law emerges from a process of 'ideal discourse' where only the force of the better argument prevails—not power, money, or status.

Why this is interesting

Most of us think a vote is legitimate because it's democratic. But what if the way we vote matters less than the conversation we have before it?