The Duty to Vote

The Duty to Vote
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Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780190066062
ISBN-13 : 0190066067
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Book Synopsis The Duty to Vote by : Julia Maskivker

Download or read book The Duty to Vote written by Julia Maskivker and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you can vote, you are morally obligated to do so. As political theorist Julia Maskivker argues, voting in order to improve our fellow citizens' lot is a duty of justice. It does not matter that individual votes may rarely tilt elections: the act of voting is a valuable contribution to a collective activity whose outcome is good governance, and we must do it in order to protect the rights and interests of our fellow citizens.


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