The Folk Theory of Voting Ethics: 1. Each citizen has a civic duty to vote. In extenuating circumstances, one can be excused from voting, but otherwise, one should vote. 2. While it is true that there can be better or worse candidates, in gen- eral any good faith vote is morally acceptable. At the very least, it is better to vote than to abstain. 3. It is inherently wrong to buy or sell one’s vote. But am more attracted to some Princeton students propositions on Right to Vote versus the Rightness of Voting. These claims make some people furious. Partly, this is because many people are deeply irrational and emotionally invested in their political ideologies. Partly, it is because people make the same basic philosophical mistake. People tend to confuse two distinct issues:A. The right to voteB. The rightness of votingThey argued that some citizens should not vote. This does not imply that they should not have the right to vote. Claiming that they have a right to do something but should not do it is perfectly consistent. The right to vote and the rightness of voting are different things. They admitted that they were not intended to disenfranchise anyone.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 05:48:01 +0000
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