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Is it ethical that non-Indigenous people get to decide on the Voice? Is it OK for one group to have rights others don't? An ethicist explains
And there is actually nothing unusual about citizens and their elected representatives making decisions about what rights and entitlements others have. This is the very nature of democracies.

But this raises a more fundamental tension within our liberal-democratic political system. The tension lies between the "liberal" element, which seeks to secure the rights and liberties of all individuals, and the "democratic" element, which seeks to enact self-rule by the people.

This tension generates a problem known as the "tyranny of the majority". This is where a democratic majority is able to violate the rights of a smaller minority.

In both the same-sex marriage and Voice votes, there is a large majority with the power to decide the rights of a minority.

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<blockquote data-quote="IFocus" data-source="post: 1244793" data-attributes="member: 4891"><h3>Is it ethical that non-Indigenous people get to decide on the Voice? Is it OK for one group to have rights others don&#039;t? An ethicist explains</h3>And there is actually nothing unusual about citizens and their elected representatives making decisions about what rights and entitlements others have. This is the very nature of democracies.But this raises a more fundamental tension within our liberal-democratic political system. The tension lies between the &quot;liberal&quot; element, which seeks to secure the rights and liberties of all individuals, and the &quot;democratic&quot; element, which seeks to enact self-rule by the people.This tension generates a problem known as the &quot;<a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/democracy/" target="_blank">tyranny of the majority</a>&quot;. This is where a democratic majority is able to violate the rights of a smaller minority.In both the same-sex marriage and Voice votes, there is a large majority with the power to decide the rights of a minority.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-25/is-it-ethical-that-non-indigenous-people-decide-the-voice/102891914[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IFocus, post: 1244793, member: 4891"] [HEADING=2]Is it ethical that non-Indigenous people get to decide on the Voice? Is it OK for one group to have rights others don't? An ethicist explains[/HEADING] And there is actually nothing unusual about citizens and their elected representatives making decisions about what rights and entitlements others have. This is the very nature of democracies. But this raises a more fundamental tension within our liberal-democratic political system. The tension lies between the "liberal" element, which seeks to secure the rights and liberties of all individuals, and the "democratic" element, which seeks to enact self-rule by the people. This tension generates a problem known as the "[URL='https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/democracy/']tyranny of the majority[/URL]". This is where a democratic majority is able to violate the rights of a smaller minority. In both the same-sex marriage and Voice votes, there is a large majority with the power to decide the rights of a minority. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-25/is-it-ethical-that-non-indigenous-people-decide-the-voice/102891914[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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