Demokracja i demony

• Authors: Anna Chęcińska

Title variants

EN

DEMOCRACY AND DEMONS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Equality, liberty, tolerance and open society are the most important democratic ideals and rules, which guarantee respect for human dignity, the basis of the natural and unalienable low. This values are the main democratic principle and breaking them means that the regime can not be fully realized. As a result of this values certain risk appears, which is not directly undermining the democratic basis, but defining its quality. Although noticing these demons does not create fast changes, it might has meaning for the democratic development as an idea, which is not an eternal system, but a process taking, which takes under consideration human morality development. Equality guarantees the value of human life, what is more it might provoke diversity disappear and change pluralism for homogenic system. Liberty guarantees respect for the individualism and individual choices but if it is interpreted as a right for a good choices it can produce a despotism. Tolerance is a not precise term what makes describing the limits of its use difficult. Open society which is a consequence of applying the three mentioned rules is vulnerable to risk coming from the lack of acceptation for its values. Democracy as a system of values depends on making the values principle. How far realizing and enforcing the basic democratic values is possible stays an open question.

Keywords

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DEMOCRACY; LIBERTY; INDEPENDENCE; DEMONS

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Euro-Facta
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 2. Kultura a komunikacja
• Pages: 297-336

Contributors

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Anna Chęcińska

• Institute For European Studies, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Jodłowa 13, 30-252 Kraków, Poland