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Secession, Deliberation, and Voting |
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Harry Beran has argued that any democratic population should have a right to secede, regardless of history or grievances. This paper explores the ethical legitimacy of Beran's claim, beginning from a natural-rights default position. It explores defenses of democracy provided by Jurgen Habermas and Thomas Christiano, and suggests that democratic secession may be acceptable within relatively strict limits. It then explores the difficulties of interpreting votes in territorial referenda, and suggests that referenda must be carefully designed if they are to be consistent with the basic goals of democracy. The paper concludes that legitimate democratic secessions should utilize sophisticated techniques such as Borda count voting in referenda design, that multiple referenda may be necessary to confirm democratic choices, and that referenda sequences should include sufficient time for meaningful democratic deliberation between votes. |
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Keywords: secession, deliberative democracy, voting paradox, Borda count, natural rights, epistemic defense |
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| Hendrix, Burke. "Secession, Deliberation, and Voting" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66575_index.html> |
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| Hendrix, B. A. , 2002-08-28 "Secession, Deliberation, and Voting" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66575_index.html |
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Abstract: Harry Beran has argued that any democratic population should have a right to secede, regardless of history or grievances. This paper explores the ethical legitimacy of Beran's claim, beginning from a natural-rights default position. It explores defenses of democracy provided by Jurgen Habermas and Thomas Christiano, and suggests that democratic secession may be acceptable within relatively strict limits. It then explores the difficulties of interpreting votes in territorial referenda, and suggests that referenda must be carefully designed if they are to be consistent with the basic goals of democracy. The paper concludes that legitimate democratic secessions should utilize sophisticated techniques such as Borda count voting in referenda design, that multiple referenda may be necessary to confirm democratic choices, and that referenda sequences should include sufficient time for meaningful democratic deliberation between votes. |
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| 1 Harry Beran (1984 1988; cf. Wellman 1995) has argued that any territoriallycontiguous population has a democratic right to secession or irredentism (so long as they can meet some basic moral standards) regardless of their grievances history or cultural distinctiveness. On this view the citizens of North Dakota would have moral claims to form an independent country or join Canada if they voted to do so. Do democratic considerations actually make such claims morally plausible however? In exploring this |
| in American Indian Communities.'' Proceedings of the 1999 American Political Science Association Meetings. American Political Science Association: Washington. Simmons A. John. 1979. Moral Principles and Political Obligations. Princeton University Press: Princeton. Wellman Christopher H. 1995. "A Defense of Secession and Political SelfDetermination." Philosophy and Public Affairs 24: 142171. Waldron Jeremy. 1999. Law and Disagreement. Oxford University Press: New York. Weinstock Daniel. 2001. ``Constitutionalizing the Right to Secede.'' The Journal of Political Philosophy 9: 182203 37 Whelan Fredrick G. 1983. |
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