{"id":18062,"date":"2023-04-30T19:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T19:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/writing-a-3000-words-political-philosophy-essay-on-the-topic-is-democracy-a-requirement-of-justice-or-an-instrument-for-realizing-it\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T19:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T19:35:27","slug":"writing-a-3000-words-political-philosophy-essay-on-the-topic-is-democracy-a-requirement-of-justice-or-an-instrument-for-realizing-it","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/writing-a-3000-words-political-philosophy-essay-on-the-topic-is-democracy-a-requirement-of-justice-or-an-instrument-for-realizing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing a 3000 words political philosophy essay on the topic “Is democracy a requirement of justice or an instrument for realizing it? “"},"content":{"rendered":"
Topic: Is democracy a requirement of justice or an instrument for realizing it?<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n

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Essay structures<\/span> (I could only type very briefly here. For the detail -> please check the files “Essay writing tips” instructions,<\/span> and subsequently follow one way of writing a political theory essay)<\/div>\n
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  1. Introduction, narrow the scope to a specific debate, and come up with your main argument  e.g. is democracy for justice or just as an <\/span>instrumental tools, or it is depend on the background circumstances etc.<\/font><\/li>\n
  2. Define the term i.e. the intrinsic value of justice, and what is the instrumental value of democracy?<\/b><\/font><\/li>\n
  3. Possible counter-arguments<\/font><\/li>\n
  4. Conclusion<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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    (i) critically engage with main issues or arguments raised in the related lecture(s); and
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    (ii) offer your own argument and defend your argument in a logical way; and
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    (iii) demonstrate an excellent understanding (not only a basic understanding) of core reading(s) and a good use of recommended readings. <\/b><\/div>\n

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    Make use of the required reading (provided in the upload file) as follows:<\/font><\/div>\n
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    • Arneson, Richard (<\/span>2009). Keith Dowding et al. eds., \u201cDemocracy Is Not Intrinsically Just.\u201d In <\/span><\/span>Justice and Democracy<\/span><\/span>. Cambridge University Press. <\/span><\/span> <\/span>
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    • Christiano<\/span>, Thomas (2008). <\/span><\/span>The Constitution of Equality<\/span><\/span>. Oxford University Press. Ch. 3. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/font><\/li>\n
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      • — really useful article to the topic<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        Cohen, Joshua. \u201cDeliberation and Democratic Legitimacy.\u201d in his <\/span><\/span>Philosophy, Politics,<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
        Democracy: Selected Essays<\/span><\/span> (2009)<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Recommend reading as follows. If writers could also include some arguments from these articles would be great!!<\/font><\/div>\n
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        • Arneson, Richard (2003). \u201cDefending the Purely Instrumental Account of Democratic Legitimacy.\u201d <\/span><\/span>Journal of Political Philosophy<\/span><\/span> 11, 122-32.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Beitz<\/span>, Charles (1989). <\/span><\/span>Political Equality: An Essay <\/span>in<\/span> Democratic Theory<\/span><\/span>. Princeton University Press. Ch. 5. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n
        • Griffin, Christopher (2003). \u201cDemocracy as a Non-Instrumentally Just Procedure.\u201d <\/span><\/span>Journal of Political Philosophy<\/span><\/span> 11, 111-21. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n
        • Wall, Steven (2007). <\/span><\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span>Democracy and Equality.<\/span><\/span>\u201d <\/span><\/span>The Philosophical Quarterly<\/span><\/span>, 416-438. <\/span><\/span> <\/span>
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          Topic: Is democracy a requirement of justice or an instrument for realizing it? Essay structures (I could only type very briefly here. For the detail -> please check the files “Essay writing tips” instructions, and subsequently follow one way of writing a political theory essay) Introduction, narrow the scope to a specific debate, and come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[702],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/18062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/18062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=18062"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=18062"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=18062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}