2025/06/11 by Andreas Bengtson, Lasse Nielsen · 2 voices
Social Sciences · #Political Philosophy and Ethics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0266267125000124
openalex publication_date 2025/06/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Abstract Political Equality is the view that, in political matters, everyone should have an equal say. Political Sufficiency is the view that, in political matters, everyone should have enough of a say. Whereas Political Equality is concerned with relativities, Political Sufficiency is a matter of absolutes. It is natural to assume that, to justify ‘one person, one vote’, we must appeal to Political Equality. We argue that this is not the case. If Political Equality justifies ‘one person, one vote’, so does Political Sufficiency. Moreover, there is reason to prefer Political Sufficiency to Political Equality.