E-democracy and Humanistic Principles
https://doi.org/10.22394/1726-1139-2019-6-19-31
Abstract
The implementation of digital technologies in to the political and legal institutions of modern society has a complex effect on the system of traditional social values. Despite the obvious threats posed by the depersonalization of labor and the competition between man and artificial intelligence for workplaces, technical progress in the modern world has no rational alternatives. The study of political and legal issues of e-democracy development by methods of discursive and meta-theoretical analysis aims to develop proposals for state regulation of the participation of civil society institutions in the political life under the rule of law. Obviously, digital technologies, on the one hand, contribute to the dehumanization of political communication, on the other hand, they make direct democracy procedures more accessible. The consequence of saving time and money in the process of conducting electronic voting can be a decrease in the level of trust between the political class and ordinary members of society who are subject to marginalization in the context of the digital divide. Humanistic principles require public authorities to protect the interests of the individual in the process of interaction with civil society institutions such as trade unions and professional associations, since digital inequality is expressed in the systemic economic discrimination of the precariat. Humanism in a representative democracy requires effective legal guarantees and should remain the main paradigm at the heart of political decisions taken in a democratic way.
About the Authors
V. P. Kirilenko
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (North-West Institute of Management of RANEPA)
Russian Federation
Viktor P. Kirilenko, Head of the Chair of International and Humanitarian Law, Doctor of Science (Jurisprudence), Professor, Honored Lawyer of Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Viktor P. Kirilenko, Head of the Chair of International and Humanitarian Law, Doctor of Science (Jurisprudence), Professor, Honored Lawyer of Russian Federation
G. V. Alekseev
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (North-West Institute of Management of RANEPA)
Russian Federation
Georgy V. Alekseev, Associate Professor of the Chair of Law, PhD in Jurisprudence, Associate Professor
Russian Federation
Georgy V. Alekseev, Associate Professor of the Chair of Law, PhD in Jurisprudence, Associate Professor
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