Deliberative democracy grounds legitimacy in presumed impartiality toward all

Evidence

For this perspective the basis of legitimacy of democratic institutions derives from the fact that the instances which claim obligatory power do so on the presumption that their decisions represent an impartial standpoint which is equally in the interests of all. — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 399

Categorization

• DEFINE: The impartiality presumption is exactly the target of Mouffe’s agonistic critique.
• XREF: connects to: Democratic allegiance is secured through practices of persuasion, not arguments for universal validity — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 302; Deliberative theorists seek rational consensus, not mere compromise or modus vivendi — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 401; Deliberative democrats ground legitimacy in rational consensus produced by ideal discourse procedures — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 219 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Deliberative democrats ground legitimacy in rational consensus produced by ideal discourse procedures #expands (0.88) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 219
• Deliberative legitimacy requires considerations neutral across interest groups #expands (0.86) — Philip Pettit, Republicanism, 854
• Deliberative consensus theories wrongly deny pluralism’s constitutive conflict #contradicts (0.84) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 469
• Deliberative democracy eliminates pluralism to achieve consensus, leaving it unable to answer Schmitt #complicates (0.82) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 225
• Legitimacy arises from inclusion plus deliberation filtered through reasons #expands (0.80) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 16
• Deliberative democracy fails without material equality among participants #qualifies (0.79) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 522
• Conflict legitimation, not consensus, is modern democracy’s condition of existence #contradicts (0.78) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 463
• Rejecting consensus as impossible protects democracy from closure #complicates (0.75) — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 146
• Power cannot self-realize but depends on societal-structural conditions for legitimacy #complicates (0.74)
• The incommensurability of universal and particular is the precondition for democracy #complicates (0.73) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 378
• Deliberative politics is constitutive of democracy, not a regulative ideal #qualifies (0.72) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 54
• Democratic legitimacy depends on citizens’ internalized commitment that imposed systems cannot replace #complicates (0.70) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 74