Distinguing Justice from Democracy
- Lecture I: "Republican Justice and Democracy"
- Lecture II: "Prioritizing Justice and Democracy"
Justice is not the only virtue of political institutions; legitimacy is just as important. And it is democracy, not justice, that establishes institutional legitimacy. Or at least this is so, on a republican conception of democracy. Political institutions may be more just and less democratic, less just and more democratic. So which value is the more important? In a political theory addressed to citizens as the makers of institutions, democracy enjoys an important priority.
