"Suppose a democracy allowed its citizenry to craft legislation directly."
I would postulate that this exactly is what a true democracy is. Although I would be wary of the scope of power the citizenry should have. Some things should not be allowed to be voted on, like basic human rights, such issues should be reach through logic.
Of course logic is only as good as the underlying value hierarchy assumed.
So I would postulate that value hierarchy needs to be the first issue to be resolved. Using logic of course. What values are useful? :o)
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Date: 2009-Aug-16, Sunday 02:14 am (UTC)I would postulate that this exactly is what a true democracy is. Although I would be wary of the scope of power the citizenry should have. Some things should not be allowed to be voted on, like basic human rights, such issues should be reach through logic.
Of course logic is only as good as the underlying value hierarchy assumed.
So I would postulate that value hierarchy needs to be the first issue to be resolved. Using logic of course. What values are useful? :o)