Democracy is a form of utilitarianism, in my opinion, however, a democracy does what the people want and protects the rights of every individual. This idea is shown through the Supreme Court. As citizens we may have wanted a certain law to be passed because we believed it would protect us from a certain threat, however, the Supreme Court may declare the law as unconstitutional because it violates the rights of a certain group. One example of this that comes right to my mind is slavery. If the US was a utilitarian government, slavery probably would have been allowed because it benefited a large amount of the country and only “harmed” one group. However, because the US is a democracy, the Supreme Court ruled that slavery was unconstitutional because it violated the rights of one
Democracy is a form of utilitarianism, in my opinion, however, a democracy does what the people want and protects the rights of every individual. This idea is shown through the Supreme Court. As citizens we may have wanted a certain law to be passed because we believed it would protect us from a certain threat, however, the Supreme Court may declare the law as unconstitutional because it violates the rights of a certain group. One example of this that comes right to my mind is slavery. If the US was a utilitarian government, slavery probably would have been allowed because it benefited a large amount of the country and only “harmed” one group. However, because the US is a democracy, the Supreme Court ruled that slavery was unconstitutional because it violated the rights of one