The chapter discusses what the people in a democracy should rule over. What aspects of society should people get to decide on, and what lies outside its domain? The usual answers are: as little as possible, as much as possible, and somewhere in between. The key conflict concerns what counts as public and private, and in particular, how to think about private property in a democracy. The chapter goes through the main positions in the literature and the justification given for them.

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Rule Democratically—But Over What?

  • Sofia Näsström

摘要

The chapter discusses what the people in a democracy should rule over. What aspects of society should people get to decide on, and what lies outside its domain? The usual answers are: as little as possible, as much as possible, and somewhere in between. The key conflict concerns what counts as public and private, and in particular, how to think about private property in a democracy. The chapter goes through the main positions in the literature and the justification given for them.