(Not) democratising through strength: core beliefs and the institutions of Singapore’s People’s Action Party

Lee, Terence; Abdullah, Walid Jumblatt

doi:10.1080/13569775.2022.2059830

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“…Over the years, it has consistently won a large majority of seats in parliament. The administration routinely deploys its authority to stifle electoral opposition and to limit political dissent, in part by harassing opposition parties and politicians through legal and economic stratagems, including defamation laws and restrictions on freedom of speech (Lee & Abdullah, 2022).…”

Section: Soft Authoritarianismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One can imagine reducing the tension between these two approaches through a hybrid method that draws on both Asian and Western values and traditions. In that spiri, Kathryn Muyskens (2020) sees potential for the nonetheless contradictory mix of modern Western and traditional Confucian filial traditions in Singapore regarding the duties of young people toward aging parents and intergenerational social justice more generally. In any case, doubtful today is the achievement of some kind of truly global dialogue on constructing shared values able to underpin bioethics and its relationship to broader political and social values (ten Have & Gordijn, 2011).…”

Section: Singapore As a Case Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Might the bioethical principle of individual decisional autonomy have a politically liberalizing effect on soft authoritarian communities?

Gregg

2023

Polit. life sci.

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According to the bioethical principle of individual decisional autonomy, the patient has a right of informed consent to any medical or experimental procedure. The principle is politically liberal by advocating significant individual freedom as guaranteed by law and secured by civil liberties. When practiced in illiberal communities, might it have a political liberalizing effect? I respond first by analyzing cross-national norms of individual decisional autonomy to identify tensions with illiberal community; second, by examining examining Singapore in a single case study to show that liberal bioethics does not promote political liberalization; and third, by showing that the possibility of practicing liberal bioethics in research, clinically as well as in education, does not require a democratic order, and that liberal bioethics is unlikely to encourage the liberalization of illiberal political communities. Hence, it may never contribute to the development of globally effective cross-national norms for the legal regulation of bioethical research and clinical practice. Fourth, to bolster this analysis, I anticipate several possible objections to various of its aspects.

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Section: Soft Authoritarianismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Singapore As a Case Studymentioning

confidence: 99%