A starting point for discussion
The idea
The paper reports that some theories also say people should be able to take part in making decisions and carefully consider them with one another.
Place in the reasoning
AI assessment · Connected to reasoning
This reports participation and deliberation as requirements defended by some legitimacy theories, without claiming they are sufficient by themselves.
Clear rules do not ensure meaningful participation
It supports the concern that procedural legitimacy involves participation, not only the technical quality of rules.
Designing discussions where people can take part and be heard
The claim that people may need to take part and deliberate relates to the arrangements required for practicable participation; it does not specify those arrangements.
What this means and why it matters
What this means
Some accounts of acceptable public decision-making say that affected people should take part in discussions and carefully consider decisions together, rather than only receive the results.
Why it matters
This raises a concern about systems that limit how people can interact with the decision-making process, though the passage does not specify which forms of participation are necessary.
Conditions & assumptions
Source coverage: Full readable text of the author’s manuscript from an accessible mirror; this is not the final version formatted by the publisher. The passage presents participation and discussion as requirements defended by other theorists; it does not claim that participation alone makes a process acceptable. Addresses: The theories about when people can accept a decision-making process cited in the paper
Questions this connects to
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