The aim of this essay is to provoke some thoughts on the nature of democracy. It was inpired by an article entitled Are we good enough for democracy? by Jonathan Wolff.



Wolff evaluates one possible way of refuting an argument against democracy, made by Plato in The Republic. Plato says that we should at least expect just and efficient legislation from a government, and he goes on to argue that democracy is not part of the answer to this requirement;...

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