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2IntroductionIn James S. Fishkin & Peter Laslett (eds.), Debating Deliberative Democracy, Blackwell. 2003.
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3Deliberation DayIn James S. Fishkin & Peter Laslett (eds.), Debating Deliberative Democracy, Blackwell. 2003.Voting Institutions Justifications Notes.
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2Review of Virginia Held: Rights and goods: justifying social action (review)Ethics 97 (2): 473-474. 1987.
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9Deliberative Public Consultation via Deliberative Polling: Criteria and MethodsHastings Center Report 51 (S2): 19-24. 2021.This article poses the problem of public consultation on contested policies involving new technologies and competing values or value‐laden goals. It argues that Deliberative Polling, an approach developed by the author, can be usefully employed to engage representative samples to deliberate in depth in controlled experiments so as to yield a picture of the public's considered judgments. It also argues from recent experience that such consultations can be cost effectively conducted online with st…Read more
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104When the People Speak: Deliberative Democracy and Public ConsultationOxford University Press. 2009.This book describes a new method of consulting the public that has been tried successfully around the world. The book combines the theory of democracy with actual practice. Fishkin lays out a theory of "deliberative democracy" and shows with practical examples, how it can be realized.
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8Random Assemblies for Lawmaking? Prospects and LimitsPolitics and Society 46 (3): 359-379. 2018.A randomly selected microcosm of the people can usefully play an official role in the lawmaking process. However, there are serious issues to be confronted if such a random sample were to take on the role of a full-scale, full-time second chamber. Some skeptical considerations are detailed. There are also advantages to short convenings of such a sample to take on some of the roles of a second chamber. This article provides a response to the skeptical considerations. Precedents from ancient Athen…Read more
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1Review of Michael D. Bayles: Principles of Legislation: The Uses of Political Authority (review)Ethics 90 (4): 618-618. 1980.
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Liberty versus Equal OpportunityIn Louis P. Pojman & Robert Westmoreland (eds.), Equality: Selected Readings, Oup Usa. 1997.
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22Principles of Legislation: The Uses of Political Authority. Michael D. BaylesEthics 90 (4): 618-618. 1980.
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1Beyond Subjective Morality: Ethical Reasoning and Political PhilosophyHastings Center Report 15 (2): 46. 1985.Book reviewed in this article: Morality and Conflict. By Stuart Hampshire. Beyond Subjective Morality: Ethical Reasoning and Political Philosophy. By James S. Fishkin.
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4Book ReviewsIan Shapiro,. The Moral Foundations of Politics.New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003. Pp. 304. $32.00 ; $19.00 (review)Ethics 117 (2): 381-383. 2007.
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13Justice, Equal Opportunity, and the FamilyYale University Press. 1983.Three common assumptions of both liberal theory and political debate are the autonomy of the family, the principle of merit, and equality of life chances. Fishkin argues that even under the best conditions, commitment to any two of these principles precludes the third._“A brief survey and brilliant critique of contemporary liberal political theory…. A must for all political theory or public policy collections.” –_Choice_ “The strong points of Fishkin’s book are many. He raises provocative issues…Read more
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30Review of Peter Laslett and James S. Fishkin: Justice Between Age Groups and Generations. (review)Ethics 104 (1): 184-186. 1993.
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21Bargaining, Justice, and Justification: Towards Reconstruction: JAMES S. FISHKINSocial Philosophy and Policy 5 (2): 46-64. 1988.Part I of this essay will be devoted to Gauthier's principle of minimax relative concession. Part II will focus, more generally, on the variety of possible strategies available to liberal theory. In Part I, I will argue that the principle of minimax relative concession does not define “essential justice” as Gauthier claims. In Part II, I will argue that the difficulties facing Gauthier's strategy are common to other strategies of die same general kind. I will close by suggesting what I think may…Read more
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Philosophy, Politics and Society, Sixth Series: Justice between Age Groups and GenerationsEnvironmental Values 2 (2): 187-188. 1993.
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3Political Theory Without BordersWiley-Blackwell. 2015.Political Theory Without Borders offers a comprehensive survey of the issues that have shaped political theory in the wake of social and environmental globalization. Focuses on specific questions that arise from issues of global spillovers like climate change and pollution, international immigration, and political intervention abroad Includes chapters written by some of the best new scholars working in the field today, along with key texts from some of the most well-known scholars of previous ge…Read more
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