Return to status quo ante: the need for robust and reversible pandemic emergency measures by Rainey, S, Giubilini, A

“…Consistently with both the Millian-liberal justification and elements of Habermasian discourse ethics, they argue that that role can only be justified where it includes strategy for how to return political decision-making to the status quo ante. …”

Problems with participation: critical deliberative democracy, embodied identity, and affect by Sullivan, Z, Sullivan, Z

“…When creating these models, both thinkers endorse deliberative models of democracy that reflect the central tenets and core commitments of ‘discourse ethics’. Most importantly, Habermas and Benhabib claim that decisions about norms to govern society and institutional arrangements should only be treated as legitimate when they satisfy a number of demands. …”