Should Old Age Votes be Granted Less Weight?

Gosseries, Axel
(2022) , 149-168 pages

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This paper explores two possible defences of age-adjusted voting weights in disfavour of older voters – or in favour of young ones. It first rejects two prima facie objections and then presents the idea of lifetime egalitarianism. It then presents and discusses two arguments: the “future residence” and the “differential lifetime” ones. It concludes that neither of them is conclusive.
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Gosseries, A. (2022). Should Old Age Votes be Granted Less Weight? (Studies on the Democratic Boundary Problem 2022 1-11). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/109720