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Home > Resources > Ethics & International Affairs Journal > Volume 4 (1990) > Special Section on Human Rights and Democratic Values |
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Is Democracy an Ethical Standard? [Abstract]
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December 2, 1990
This article explores the Western cultural traditions of democracy and
freedom which form a political ethic deeply rooted in the underlying
philosophical and theological American heritage. Theories of Machiavelli,
Montesqieu, and Niebuhr support the notion that the potential for virtue is
found in all individuals, who, through their undeniable freedoms,
responsibilities, and participation, have the capability to establish a
political community based on democracy, justice, and respect for human rights.
Virtue, justice, morality, ethics, freedom, and democracy are all necessary
elements for establishing and maintaining the political community. Can history
serve to uphold democracy as an ethical standard of governance? The author
suggests that the basic and cross-temporal cornerstones of morality; the family
and religion serve as "intermediate" social structures in attaining the central
virtues of a moral democracy.
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