IAN SHAPIRO or DEMOCRATIZING DEMOCRACY

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We will learn, debate, enjoy and investigate philosophers and diverse themes from the philosophical perspective. Each reunion is structured as a conversation among all attendees about that day s philosopher softly moderated by the organizer. The conversation will kick-off from the very brief suggested reading providing easy access to all attendees both to the philosopher and the conversation.

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**IAN SHAPIRO, the Yale Political Philosophy teacher, author and thinker, as he explores the realities of democracy as opposed to its ideals, its (un)fulfilled (yet) promises... but nevertheless... its still immense possibilities, its endless potentialities... From its conception, Shapiro outlines, democracy went beyond just a ruling system to establish itself (as well) as a mean to correct social inequalities. It was and still is conceived as "good enough" precisely for carrying within it a certain degree of (social) justice, inexistent in the remaining regimes. It started "One male Citizen, one vote" (the shameful shadow of Patriarchy is long standing) and luckily arrived to "One Citizen (Female or Male), One Vote" (only 23 centuries later ) precisely because it embodied an essential spirit of equality. Shapiro notices though, that the "good enough" promises often revealed themselves as "far from good enough" realities, as history shows a large l