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Jeltz said:chrisbell said:I would, however, ask a partly rhetorical question - if we are saying that there's no such thing as a bad decision in a democracy (which comprises millions of individuals), then, by extension, we must also say that one of those individuals ought not be dissuaded from making a decision, as any such dissuasion must be selfish not altruistic as there's no such thing as a dangerously wrong decision!:icon_rolleyes: Would you agree with that, or do you consider that if you saw someone wandering distractedly towards a cliff edge you might shout a warning?
You are over thinking things Chris by trying to link the terms right and wrong with democracy, they are subjective terms while democracy is a political process. Democracy simply reflects the will of the people; that will may be regarded by others both within and outside of that society as wrong (or right) but it is still the will of the people.
I wasn't referring to morally "wrong" or "right", apologies if that was what you meant. I was referring to empirical mistakes, such as my example of walking towards a cliff edge without keeping an eye open for where you're going. I don't think even the most post-modern relativist could argue with a straight face that such a decision could be thought of as anything other than a big mistake and therefore the wrong decision.