On Decision-Making and Arbitrariness in Politics

In Felipe Freller's work (2021) titled 'Quando Preciso Decidir' (When Decisions Must Be Made), the focus is on exploring the complexities involved in decision-making in the context of modern democracy: How to make decisions, if, at times, the executive is faced with situations that were not anticipated by the legislative?How to make decisions when popular sentiment does not support the preservation of an egalitarian regime, and citizens lean toward calls for a reaction?And when the act of making a decision cannot be grounded in any established principle or law?In short, these questions concern the moment when, in the absence of immutable principles or given unique political circumstances, decision-making becomes an unavoidable action.The matter of arbitrariness takes on a political dimension when we distinguish a decision from the mere whims of a leader or when we move away from the negative connotation of arbitration as a form of regulation emanating from an absolute authority or outside the bounds of the law.Indeed, it is essential to highlight that the decision-making moment lies at the heart of democracies.