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dc.contributor.authorKane, John
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:04:44Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:04:44Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2008-05-01T02:51:13Z
dc.identifier.issn18157238
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/18010
dc.description.abstractDemocracy is arguably ethically superior because democratic openness fosters truth-telling as a public value, yet democratic citizens typically distrust their representatives and suspect them of peddling lies or half-truths. This paradox arises because democratic rulers are conceived as servants of a sovereign people who may electorally replace them. Servants must often expediently and hypocritically tell the sovereign what it wants to hear rather than unpalatable truths. Yet popular sovereignty provides a key to distinguishing those lies that democrats will tolerate and those they will not, namely any whose tendency or intention is to usurp the sovereignty of the people.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaiwan Foundation for Democracy
dc.publisher.placeTaipei
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.ceps.com.tw/ec/ecJnlIntro.aspx?jnlcattype=0&jnlptype=0&jnltype=0&Jnliid=2887&newIssueiid=62662
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom33
dc.relation.ispartofpageto52
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalTaiwan Journal of Democracy
dc.relation.ispartofvolume3
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistory and Philosophy of Specific Fields
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1606
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2202
dc.titleThe Ethical Paradox of Democratic Leadership
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, School of Government and International Relations
gro.rights.copyright© 2007 Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2007
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gro.griffith.authorKane, John


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