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Faculty of Arts
Department of Philosophy Research Seminars
Re-Thinking Democracy: The Case for Plural Voting
Re-Thinking Democracy: The Case for Plural Voting
Michael Grech
Democracy is frequently assumed to entail a process whereby ‘the people’ rule by having a one person one vote representative process, where decisions are carried out according to the wishes of the majority. The first part of the talk attempts to problematise such principle, focusing on the notions of ‘people’ and ‘rule’. The second part elaborates on a provocative hypothesis which suggests that democracy would benefit from the introduction of plural voting of a kind that is different from the one that was implemented in Malta in 1921 and from that suggested by John Stuart Mill.
Biographical Note
Michael Grech teaches philosophy and writes sporadically in newspapers. He is currently reading for a PhD in philosophy of time at the University of Birmingham. His other interests include politics, religion, cultural issues and the links between these. Some of his recent publications include:
- ‘Some aspects of Giovanni Franzoni's liberatory pedagogy’ in International Studies in Catholic Education, Routledge, 2016
- ‘Without Christian Roots: A Critique of the Roots Analogy in Relation to European Culture’ in Journal of Religion and Society, Creighton University, 2015
- Jottings and Reflections, Faraxa Publishing, 2015
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