Principled or Pragmatic? Morality Politics in Direct Democracy

Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 584 - 603
Published: Oct 23, 2019
Abstract
Political scientists often distinguish between two types of issues: moral versus non-moral issues or social-cultural versus economic issues. The implication is that these types of issues trigger different types of reasoning: while economic issues rely on pragmatic, consequentialist reasoning, social-cultural issues are said to be dependent on principles and deontological reasoning. However, it is not known whether this distinction is as...
Paper Details
Title
Principled or Pragmatic? Morality Politics in Direct Democracy
Published Date
Oct 23, 2019
Volume
51
Issue
2
Pages
584 - 603
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