Abstract
This article discusses the Kantian component in the theory of deliberative democracy. It begins claiming that Kant not only incorporates individual rights but also the idea of popular sovereignty: This author values democracy; however, a system of principles has normative priority over the practice of collective self-determination. The text later shows that Habermas’s theory of deliberative democracy elaborates a Kantian justification. Thus, it does not reconstruct the balance between rights and democracy as it claims to do; it rather builds an argument similar to Kant’s.
| Translated title of the contribution | Tthe theory of democracy and the relationship between human rights and popular sovereignty |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 139-150 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Alpha |
| Volume | 2019 |
| Issue number | 48 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Resultado de investigación realizada en el marco del Proyecto FONDECYT Regular N°1191317: “El rol de la diversidad cultural en la formación de profesores en las instituciones de educación superior del norte grande de Chile”, con la cooperación de la Escuela de trabajo social, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile y la Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Chile.
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities