Controlling nuclear weapons - Robert Dahl
democracy versus guardianship
KORTE INHOUD
What are we to do about nuclear waste disposal?
How and to what point should industrial pollution be regulated?
How should we deal with the huge federal deficit?
Problems such as these have in common enormously important consequences for a vast number of people; they seem to require government decisions of some kind; and the decision-makers need specialized knowledge that most citizens do not possess. Since we live in a democracy, we delegate authority to those able to make these decisions.
But by doing so, are we losing our freedom, losing a meaningful degree of control? By transferring control over our own lives on issues such as these, are we replacing democracy with guardianship? Can democratic institutions cope satisfactorily with the complexity of public matters?
This final question is the focus of Robert Dahl's extended essay on the problem of contemporary democracy. The key public concern Dahl concentrates on is one which affects all of us most dramatically - decisions about nuclear weapons, decisions whic...
How and to what point should industrial pollution be regulated?
How should we deal with the huge federal deficit?
Problems such as these have in common enormously important consequences for a vast number of people; they seem to require government decisions of some kind; and the decision-makers need specialized knowledge that most citizens do not possess. Since we live in a democracy, we delegate authority to those able to make these decisions.
But by doing so, are we losing our freedom, losing a meaningful degree of control? By transferring control over our own lives on issues such as these, are we replacing democracy with guardianship? Can democratic institutions cope satisfactorily with the complexity of public matters?
This final question is the focus of Robert Dahl's extended essay on the problem of contemporary democracy. The key public concern Dahl concentrates on is one which affects all of us most dramatically - decisions about nuclear weapons, decisions whic...
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