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Debatable. First, moral and ethical arguments for democracy: fairness, pursuit of happiness etc. Second, empirical argument: in this modern age, democracy tends
by chajath 10y ago
Debatable. First, moral and ethical arguments for democracy: fairness, pursuit of happiness etc. Second, empirical argument: in this modern age, democracy tends to fare pretty well in comparison to other forms of government.
- AstralStorm 10y agoYou mean Switzerland of course? Elsewhere is a republic. They fare as differently as there are countries that employ it. And each has a different flavour.
- chajath 10y agoDemocracy and Republic aren't mutually exclusive. I'd call rule of law with a democratic constitution (written or unwritten), political representation (direct or indirect), respect of human rights and civil rights to be the elements of modern liberal democracy.
- twblalock 10y agoSwitzerland is a republic too. Most democracies are either republics or constitutional monarchies. There is no contradiction between being a republic and a democracy unless one unreasonably restricts the definition of democracy to direct democracy. Reasonable definitions of democracy include representative democracy, which is practiced in many republics.