Democracy and Knowledge: Remarks on Brennan and Wikforss

Tulenheimo, Tero; Ronzitti, Giuseppina

Document type :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

Permalink :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/117074

Title :

Democracy and Knowledge: Remarks on Brennan and Wikforss

Author(s) :

Tulenheimo, Tero [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
University of Tampere [Finland]
Ronzitti, Giuseppina [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]

Journal title :

Filosofiska Notiser

Pages :

19-61

Publication date :

2024-01-08

ISSN :

2002-0198

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Philosophie

English abstract : [en]

We take up Jason Brennan’s critique of democracy as formulated in his monograph Against Democracy (2016) and discuss the arguments that Åsa Wikforss presents against Brennan’s views in her book Därför demokrati (2021). ...
Show more >We take up Jason Brennan’s critique of democracy as formulated in his monograph Against Democracy (2016) and discuss the arguments that Åsa Wikforss presents against Brennan’s views in her book Därför demokrati (2021). Both authors grant the importance of knowledge for political decision-making, but they differ in their respective understandings of what counts as knowledge and they draw very different conclusions from the relevant knowledge requirement. Our general aim is to detect problems in democracy as well as in attempts to criticize democracy. We also briefly consider Brennan’s positive proposal to replace democracy by “epistocracy”, a form of government according to which only those citizens are entitled to vote who are “competent” in a sense to be discussed. Our aim is not to propagate any particular form of government. We merely wish to help the reader to recognize that democracy in particular involves a whole lot of assumptions that are in need of a better justification than what is normally provided.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

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Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163

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Submission date :

2024-09-19T02:58:50Z

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