democratic values
Governance by consent
Democratic values are the principles underlying democratic governance: individual liberty, equality before the law, free expression, participation in choosing leaders, and protection of minority rights.
The phrase appears frequently in political discourse, sometimes as aspiration, sometimes as accusation: The legislation threatens democratic values.
What counts as a democratic value can itself be contested.
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- dignityInnate personal worth
- freedom of speechProtected right to speak
- transparencyState of being see-through
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
equality · constitutionalism · civic engagement · pluralism · open debate · public square · separation of powers · peaceful transfer · media literacy · free press · tolerance · social justice · electoral integrity · inclusion · solidarity · diversity · due process · accountability
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- moral educationmoral education, moral instruction, character education, moral development, moral lessons
- US-UK relationsspecial relationship, transatlantic alliance, diplomatic ties, shared history, colonial ties
- secularizationsecularization, dechristianization, disaffiliation, church closures, church-state separation
democratic valuesauthoritarianism
Concentrated, unchecked governmental power
totalitarianism · autocracy · dictatorship · tyranny · despotism
democratic valuesilliberalism
Opposition to open society
authoritarianism · elitism · supremacism · political repression · censorship