Democratic Duties

Key Points

• The article aims to review influential accounts of democratic duties and categorize their justification.
• Organized the debate into three normative reasons: justice, citizen equality, and civic virtue.
• Reviewed various accounts of democratic duties as presented in the literature.
• Focused on specific emblematic duties, including the duty to vote and jury duty.
• Identified and categorized three primary reasons grounding democratic duties.
• Highlighted that duties can be justified by multiple considerations simultaneously.
• Demonstrated fragmented debates within the literature on democratic responsibilities.