Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between democratic participation and the well-being of the people – a fundamental aim of Confucian government. It argues that although the value of democratic participation for people’s moral cultivation may be dubious (as suggested recently by Sungmoon Kim), democratic participation is key to meeting other salient aspects of people’s well-being. Drawing on developments in Western epistemic analyses of democracy, this paper shows that the complexity of political issues in developed countries makes democracy an important decision-making process to enhance the well-being of most of the members of society. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1005-1027 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| Online published | 23 Oct 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by the Research programme ‘Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies’, the Gravitation programme of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research [024.004.031].
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Research Keywords
- Confucianism
- epistemic democracy
- well-being
- political participation
- democratic participation
- confucian political meritocracy
Publisher's Copyright Statement
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