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A university of Cape Town graduate with research interests in Comparative Political Theory, Development Economics, Economics of Conflict and Peace, African conflict, and Global South Studies
Address: Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa
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The challenges of social decisions involving divergent interests and concerns have been explored ... more The challenges of social decisions involving divergent interests and concerns have been explored for a long time. In this time, it seems that majority rule has gained ready acceptance as the default method to facilitating social choice decisions over the various other social choice options available. Because of this, majority rule has been conflated with democracy and egalitarianism alongside the qualities attributed to both ideas. The paper will argue that the conflation of these majority rule with democracy and egalitarianism is problematic in that it does not logically follow that majority rule is either democratic, and egalitarian. Rather, each of these ideas are distinct. There thus needs to be greater justification for majority rule. To destabilise the position that majority rule holds, the essay will make the argument towards the lottery voting system. It will use it to show that other methods of voting fare better than majority rule in at least some cases and thus should also be seriously considered. Ultimately, the essay explicates that there are more justifications needed for majoritarian rule.
The challenges of social decisions involving divergent interests and concerns have been explored ... more The challenges of social decisions involving divergent interests and concerns have been explored for a long time. In this time, it seems that majority rule has gained ready acceptance as the default method to facilitating social choice decisions over the various other social choice options available. Because of this, majority rule has been conflated with democracy and egalitarianism alongside the qualities attributed to both ideas. The paper will argue that the conflation of these majority rule with democracy and egalitarianism is problematic in that it does not logically follow that majority rule is either democratic, and egalitarian. Rather, each of these ideas are distinct. There thus needs to be greater justification for majority rule. To destabilise the position that majority rule holds, the essay will make the argument towards the lottery voting system. It will use it to show that other methods of voting fare better than majority rule in at least some cases and thus should also be seriously considered. Ultimately, the essay explicates that there are more justifications needed for majoritarian rule.