TY - JOUR
T1 - On the many as one
T2 - A reply to Kornhauser and Sager
AU - List, Christian
AU - Pettit, Philip
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - In The Many as One, Lewis A. Kornhauser and Lawrence G. Sager look at an issue that we take to be of great importance in political theory.1 To what extent should groups in public life try to speak with one voice, and act with one mind? To what extent should public groups try to display what Ronald Dworkin calls integrity?2 We do not expect the many on the market to be integrated in this sense. But should we expect integration among the many in the legislature, for example, or among the many on the courts? We agree with Kornhauser and Sager about a number of their claims but think that they miss out on important detail and do not achieve a fully general perspective on the issues raised. Our own contribution is in three sections. We address, first, the nature of the integrity challenge; second, the range of cases in which the challenge arises; and third, the question of whether public groups should be designed and required to meet that challenge.
AB - In The Many as One, Lewis A. Kornhauser and Lawrence G. Sager look at an issue that we take to be of great importance in political theory.1 To what extent should groups in public life try to speak with one voice, and act with one mind? To what extent should public groups try to display what Ronald Dworkin calls integrity?2 We do not expect the many on the market to be integrated in this sense. But should we expect integration among the many in the legislature, for example, or among the many on the courts? We agree with Kornhauser and Sager about a number of their claims but think that they miss out on important detail and do not achieve a fully general perspective on the issues raised. Our own contribution is in three sections. We address, first, the nature of the integrity challenge; second, the range of cases in which the challenge arises; and third, the question of whether public groups should be designed and required to meet that challenge.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33645128195&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1088-4963.2005.00037.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1088-4963.2005.00037.x
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 0048-3915
VL - 33
SP - 377
EP - 390
JO - Philosophy and Public Affairs
JF - Philosophy and Public Affairs
IS - 4
ER -