Liberalism Vs. Democracy

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Robert V

 

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January 29, 2015

 

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Without the people’s tenacity to pursue liberalism, “the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of an eminent tribunal” (532). Yet were America’s founding principles based solely upon liberalism, the rise of factions—“A number of citizens, whether amounting to a minority or majority of the whole, who are united by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community” (68)—would cause what the founding father’s feared most: tyranny of the majority...
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This would occur because in pursuing their own interests, without considering the common good, majorities would suppress the liberties of other citizens by advancing only their own rights. As Landy and Milkis suggest, a balance between liberalism and democracy is imperative to prevent factionalism so that collective self-rule can facilitate the protection of individual liberties and ensure the lasting power of representative democracy...
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