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Coalitions are often condemned as undemocratic and unprincipled because of the compromises they involve. Politicians are accused of betraying the commitments they made during the election. Paradoxically, proponents of this view suggest that if compromises are to be made they should be pragmatic and based on policy rather than principle. Richard Bellamy disputes this thesis and defends compromise as both principled and democratic. He distinguishes a shallow compromise based on the maximal satisfaction of exogenously defined preferences from a deep compromise resulting from reasoning on principle, and argues it proves impossible to avoid the latter. Bellamy further suggests that the obligation to compromise forms part of the ethos of democracy, whereby citizens must agree despite their disagreements. While representatives will almost certainly betray their electoral mandate if obliged to make only shallow compromises, they can legitimately engage in deep compromises for their voters when they reason as they do.
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
05/10/2012 18:00 - 05/10/2012 19:30
Event venue:
Hertie School of Governance
Friedrichstraße 180
10117 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Economics / business administration, Philosophy / ethics, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
05/07/2012
Sender/author:
Hertie School of Governance
Department:
Pressestelle
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event39653
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