ABSTRACT
I would like to sketch a proceduralist view of democracy and deliberative politics which differs in relevant respects from both the liberal and the republican paradigm. Let me remind you of the opposite feature of these two established models. I will then introduce a new proceduralist conception by way of a critique of the ‘ethical overload’ of the republican view. The last part of the essay further elaborates the three normative models of democracy by comparing their corresponding images of state and society.
