{"id":1013,"date":"2023-03-18T21:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/"},"modified":"2023-03-26T21:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T19:12:01","slug":"here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are Some 13 Merits of Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;\">Democracy is the best form of government. Here are some of the Merits of Democracy that apply to the majority of the democratic institutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image1.slideserve.com\/2100371\/advantages-of-democracy-l.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image1.slideserve.com\/2100371\/advantages-of-democracy-l.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"13 Merits of Democracy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d8bac4dcf29\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Ethical_Defence\" >Ethical Defence<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Common_Welfare\" >Common Welfare:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Rule_of_Law\" >Rule of Law:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Democracy_develops_the_Spirit_of_Patriotism\" >Democracy develops the Spirit of Patriotism<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Responsible_to_the_People\" >Responsible to the People<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Peaceful_change_of_Government\" >Peaceful change of Government<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Equality_as_one_of_the_merits_of_Democracy\" >Equality as one of the merits of Democracy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#More_obedience_to_laws\" >More obedience to laws<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Education\" >Education<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Stable_Government\" >Stable Government<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Self-Government\" >Self-Government<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#_Guarantee_of_Freedom\" >\u00a0Guarantee of Freedom<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/here-are-some-13-merits-of-democracy\/#Democracy_against_Psychology_of_Power\" >Democracy against Psychology of Power<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ethical_Defence\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Ethical Defence<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Democracy recognizes the worth of a man. It rejects the right of one or a few to rule over the others. Under democracy the community as a whole is the custodian of sovereignty of state. The foundation of democracy is faith in the capacities of human nature, faith in human intelligence and in the power of pooled co\u00adoperative existence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Common_Welfare\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Common Welfare:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">It is, therefore, only in democracy that common welfare can be promoted. The government will respond to the needs of all since power of sovereignty vests in all. Those who are excluded from power are also denied the privileges of power. It is only in democracy that a citizen is at once the subject and the ruler and &#8220;just government is government by consent of the governed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rule_of_Law\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Rule of Law:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">It is only in democracy that the rule of persons and classes is replaced by the &#8220;rule of law&#8221;; where fundamental rights are guaranteed and treated as limitations upon the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Democracy_develops_the_Spirit_of_Patriotism\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Democracy develops the Spirit of Patriotism<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Democracy strengthens the love of country because citizens feel that the government is their own creation and the rulers their servants rather than masters. This conception imbibes in them the spirit of patriotism and nationalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Responsible_to_the_People\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Responsible to the People<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">A democratic government cannot become tyrannical or arbitrary as a monarchy or an aristocracy can. It is subject to regular and constant criticism and popular pressure. It alone provides responsibility of the rulers. The party in power can retain power only by invoking the sanction of popular support which can be possible only if it serves popular interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">The opposition parties keep a check and watch upon the ruling party. The latter has always to explain its policy and convince the electorate of its soundness. All decisions are to be arrived at by discussion, argument and persuasion. Democracy avoids suppre\u00adssion of thought and action.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Peaceful_change_of_Government\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Peaceful change of Government<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">People have a right to change the government peacefully. No other form of government provides such mechanism. It thus avoids violent revolutions and provides for flexibility. As Dr. Lindsay observes, &#8220;A democratic society sure of itself can be indefinitely elastic in its methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">It can as in a time of crisis, give enormous powers into the hands of government, in cheerful confidence that, the crisis past, it can take them away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">&#8221; All other forms of Govern\u00adment are rigid and can only be thrown away through violent revolutions or revolt. History is replete with examples when absolute government had to face popular wrath in form of rebellions and revolts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Equality_as_one_of_the_merits_of_Democracy\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Equality as one of the merits of Democracy<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">It ensures equality and liberty. There are no ruler and ruled. All are citizens. People can live and regulate their lives according to their needs and choice. The will of the state comes to be in accord with the general will.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">John Stuart Mill rightly says that in democracy &#8220;the whole people or some numerous portion of them exercise the governing power through deputies periodically elected by them.&#8221; All the people equally participate in the exercise of the sovereign power.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_obedience_to_laws\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">More obedience to laws<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Since laws are made by popular legislatures through the elected representatives of the people, the people would render unflinching obedience to such laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">These laws would not be a command of the sovereign but would reflect the needs and respond to the impulses of the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Education\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Education<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Democracy has an immense educative value. J.S. Mill rightly pointed out that a citizen who has no vote is either a malcontent or an indifferent citizen.&#8221; Citizens in democracy participate in the election of parliaments in the process of law making, and in the execution of laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">The ruling and opposition parties constantly educate the people. The voter gets many opportunities to be politically educated at panchayat, local, provincial and central levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stable_Government\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Stable Government<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Democracy serves as a training school for citizenship; it strengthens patriotism and thereby minimizes the possibilities of discontent and revolutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Self-Government\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Self-Government<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Democracy is a self Government. It is a government of the people, by the people, for the people. People are more satisfied and contented in a democracy as they are directly or indirectly associated with the affairs of the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">People prefer self-government to any other form of Government (<a href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/dictatorship\/\">Dictatorship<\/a> or Monarchy) even though that may be more efficient. &#8220;Efficient Government is no substitute for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-governance\">self-government<\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_Guarantee_of_Freedom\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0Guarantee of Freedom<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white; line-height: 15.55pt; text-align: justify; margin: 11.25pt 0cm 11.25pt 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Democracy implies the recognition of the duties of the Government and rights of the people. It postulates a measure of personal freedom and equal consideration for all the people. As J.S. Mill puts it, &#8220;Democracy is superior to other forms of government because the rights and interests of every person are secure from being disregarded&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-outline-level: 4; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Democracy_against_Psychology_of_Power\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Democracy against Psychology of Power<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/concept-of-democracy\/\">democracy<\/a>, there is very little chance of working of psychology of power since the government is amenable to the control of the people who can change them at any moment.\u00a0 In all other forms of Government, the rulers are liable to become power-lords and tyrants.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democracy is the best form of government. 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