THE CONDITIONS FOR MAJORITARIAN OBLIGATION: MAJORITY RULE AND DELIBERATIVE BODY
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https://doi.org/10.21783/rei.v1i1.25Keywords:
Collective Decision, Deliberation, Majoritarianism, Aggregation of Preferences, Decision-MakingAbstract
Considering one of Georg Simmel’s questions, the article examines what gives an authority to an outnumbering superiority in a situation of a collective decision. Actually there are three conditions in that matter. First, the majority obligation for a collection of individuals’ decisions is possible only if this body is a deliberative body that is to say a collective entity but not a mere collection of individuals. Second, the stake of the decision must not challenge the members’ liking for this collective entity. Finally, to have a legitimate majority, the aggregation of preferences must be reached after a deliberation, thus stressing there might have been other preferences. If the preferences are the same or do not result from the deliberative body’s deliberation, the collective decision looks like a shared decision, a fair one is wished. The rule of the majority is not relevant any longer.Downloads
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