caa a22 4500 388110244 CHVBK 20180307125351.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0265052500002442 doi S0265052500002442 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0265052500002442 Goldman Alvin I. Philosophy, University of Arizona Why Citizens Should Vote: A Causal Responsibility Approach [Elektronische Daten] [Alvin I. Goldman] Why should a citizen vote? There are two ways to interpret this question: in a prudential sense, and in a moral (or quasi-moral) sense. Under the first interpretation, the question asks why—or under what circumstances—it is in a citizen's self-interest to vote. Under the second interpretation, it asks what moral (or quasi-moral) reasons citizens have for voting. I shall mainly try to answer the moral version of the question, but my answer may also, in some circumstances, bear on the prudential question. Before proceeding to my own approach, let me briefly survey alternatives in the field. Copyright © Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation 1999 Social Philosophy and Policy Cambridge University Press 16/2(1999), 201-217 0265-0525 16:2<201 1999 16 SOY https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500002442 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500002442 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Goldman Alvin I. Philosophy, University of Arizona NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Philosophy and Policy Cambridge University Press 16/2(1999), 201-217 0265-0525 16:2<201 1999 16 SOY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge