I think the main benefit of democracy, in this case, is that we should probably expect a wider range of values to be taken into account when important decisions with long-lasting consequences are made. Inclusiveness and pluralism of course doesn’t always imply morally better outcomes. But moral uncertainty considerations probably push in the direction of greater inclusivity/pluralism being good, in expectation.
It sounds like you mainly have in mind something akin to preference aggregation. It seems to me that a similarly important benefit might be that democracies are likely more conducive to a free exchange of ideas/perspectives and to people converging on more accurate ideas/perspectives over time. (I have in mind something like the marketplace of ideas concept. I should note that I’m very unsure how strong those effects are, and how contingent they are on various features of the present world which we should expect to change in future.)
Did you mean for your comment to imply that idea as well? In any case, do you broadly agree with that idea?
It sounds like you mainly have in mind something akin to preference aggregation. It seems to me that a similarly important benefit might be that democracies are likely more conducive to a free exchange of ideas/perspectives and to people converging on more accurate ideas/perspectives over time. (I have in mind something like the marketplace of ideas concept. I should note that I’m very unsure how strong those effects are, and how contingent they are on various features of the present world which we should expect to change in future.)
Did you mean for your comment to imply that idea as well? In any case, do you broadly agree with that idea?