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5IntroductionIn James S. Fishkin & Peter Laslett (eds.), Debating Deliberative Democracy, Blackwell. 2003.
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4Deliberation DayIn James S. Fishkin & Peter Laslett (eds.), Debating Deliberative Democracy, Blackwell. 2003.Voting Institutions Justifications Notes.
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4Review of Virginia Held: Rights and goods: justifying social action (review)Ethics 97 (2): 473-474. 1987.
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11Deliberative 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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110When 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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10Random 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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23Principles of Legislation: The Uses of Political Authority. Michael D. BaylesEthics 90 (4): 618-618. 1980.
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3Beyond 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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6Book 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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16Justice, 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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31Review of Peter Laslett and James S. Fishkin: Justice Between Age Groups and Generations. (review)Ethics 104 (1): 184-186. 1993.
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30Ian Shapiro, The Moral Foundations of Politics:The Moral Foundations of PoliticsEthics 117 (2): 381-383. 2007.
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25Why Deliberative Polling? Reply to GleasonCritical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society 23 (3): 393-403. 2011.ABSTRACT Contrary to Laurel Gleason's assertions, Deliberative Polling among random samples is not a process that is dominated by “experts” or by certain categories of deliberator; it produces genuine gains among the participants in knowledge of information that has been verified as true and relevant; it does not cause ideological polarization; and it is not intended as a substitute for, rather than a supplement to, deliberation on the part of the general public.
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102Deliberative Democracy and ConstitutionsSocial Philosophy and Policy 28 (1): 242-260. 2011.This paper examines the potential role of deliberative democracy in constitutional processes of higher law-making, either for the founding of constitutions or for constitutional change. It defines deliberative democracy as the combination of political equality and deliberation and situates this form of democracy in contrast to a range of alternatives. It then considers two contrasting processes—elite deliberation and plebiscitary mass democracy (embodied in referenda) as approaches to higher law…Read more