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Should Democracy Grow up? Children and Voting Rights
Wann wird die Demokratie erwachsen? Kinder und das Wahlrecht
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Abstract This paper examines whether or not children’s continued electoral exclusion is morally defensible. Ultimately, there is a deep tension between the egalitarian presuppositions of democracy and our apparent unwillingness to grant children voting rights. Unless a plausible distinction can be found, the... mehr
This paper examines whether or not children’s continued electoral exclusion is morally defensible. Ultimately, there is a deep tension between the egalitarian presuppositions of democracy and our apparent unwillingness to grant children voting rights. Unless a plausible distinction can be found, then, between adults and children that also tracks the underlying reasons for endorsing democracy in the first place, the continued political disenfranchisement of our youngest citizens is shown for what it is: social injustice. The paper begins by exploring some of the conceptual difficulties that childhood creates in relation to democracy. It then assesses the implications of two very different approaches to democracy for children's voting rights: proceduralism and a child’s supposed right to an open future.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Demokratie; Demokratietheorie; Moral; Demokratieverständnis; Kindheit; Kind; Stimmrecht; Gerechtigkeit; Kinderrechte; Wahlrecht; Ungleichheit
Klassifikation
Philosophie, Theologie
Recht
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2009
Seitenangabe
S. 133-139
Zeitschriftentitel
Intergenerational Justice Review (2009) 4
Heftthema
Children's and Young People's Rights - with a Focus on the Right to Vote
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24357/igjr.4.4.510
ISSN
2190-6335
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)