Defeated minorities can accept majority rule when discourse can resume

Evidence

Assuming that the presumption of rationally acceptable results is justified and the decision is reversible, each outvoted minority, given the prospect of a resumption of discourse, can subject itself to the will of the majority without having to abandon its own position. — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 62

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains the discursive justification of majority rule: reversibility plus resumption prospect replaces abandonment of minority position.
• XREF: connects to: Minorities accept majority rule only under a shared constitutional consensus. — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 20; Defeated minorities accept majority rule through continued discursive hope, not conviction change — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 95; Formal legal procedure protects minorities better than informal deliberation does — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 549 (+1 more)

Related

• Defeated minorities accept majority rule through continued discursive hope, not conviction change (similarity 0.90)
• Minorities accept majority rule only under a shared constitutional consensus. (similarity 0.85)
• Majority rule can dominate minorities and so fails as a guard against arbitrariness (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Defeated minorities accept majority rule through continued discursive hope, not conviction change #corroborates (0.95) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 95