The Place of Self‐Interest and the Role of Power in Deliberative Democracy*

摘要: DELIBERATIVE democracy has traditionally been defined in opposition to self-interest, bargaining and negotiation, voting, the use of power. Our assessment differs two ways from traditional one. First, we contend that suitably constrained, ought be part deliberation eventuates a democratic decision. Indeed, some forms negotiation involving self-interest meet all our criteria for ideal deliberation, particular criterion their form deliberative methods eschew coercive We thus include such constrained these reformulation ideal, is, regulative standard which real deliberations should aspire. Second, argue complementary rather than antagonistic relation many mechanisms are not themselves deliberative. These nondeliberative mechanisms, as aggregation through voting well fair among cooperative antagonists, involve power Yet they can must justified deliberatively. polity is diverse plural. Its members both strive