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8) observes that ‘judgment is a natural capacity of human beings that can, potentially, be shared by all’. Aside from its essentially and radically democratic character, political judgment demarcates the boundary of the practice of citizenship quite expansively, while naming the characteristic activity within this boundary quite precisely. As Beiner (1983, p. 8) writes: In every contact we have with the political world we are engaged in judgment. Judging is what we do when we read politics in our morning newspaper, when we discuss politics during family or friendly conversation, and when we watch politics on television.
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