Liberal democracy is ‘liberal’ in the sense that it regards civic freedoms as an inherent good that should not be subject to limitation unless completely necessary, and it is ‘democratic’ in the sense that voting rights apply equally to all citizens and each citizen’s vote should have the same weight. We write now neither to celebrate nor to castigate liberal democracy. Instead, we wish to prosecute the thesis that in a world with a human propensity for evil, greed and injustice, liberal democracy stands as the least worst option for human governance. Liberal democracy is neither a necessary
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