ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the problem of democratic inclusion and explains why who should participate in democratic decisions remains an unresolved puzzle in democratic theory. What is missing is an account that provides reasons for what the boundaries of democratic participation should be and an account that provides such reasons, both in the context of democratic states and in the context of democratic associations generally. The answer proposed is the all-subjected principle: the claim that all (and only all) subject to binding decisions should be included in democratic decisions. The final section of the chapter argues that a principle of democratic inclusion is best conceived of as reasons for inclusion that represent defeasible presumptions.
