Question

Q13.How democracy enhances the dignity of the citizen?

Answer 1

Democracy means that the power resides in the hands of the people. In a monarchy, the power resides in the hands of the monarch. If dignity is the ability to influence what happens in society, then democracy enhances the dignity of citizens because it givescitizens the power to determine what happens in the society.

Answer 2

Answer:

1) Democracy is based on the principle of political equality stating that the poorest and the least educated have the same status as the rich and the educated.

2) People are not subjects of a ruler, they are the rulers themselves.

3) Even when they make mistakes they are responsible for their own mistakes.

Thus, democracy enhances the dignity of distance citizen.