Democracy and Knowledge: Remarks on Brennan ...
Type de document :
Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage
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Titre :
Democracy and Knowledge: Remarks on Brennan and Wikforss
Auteur(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]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
University of Tampere [Finland]
Ronzitti, Giuseppina [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Titre de la revue :
Filosofiska Notiser
Pagination :
19-61
Date de publication :
2024-01-08
ISSN :
2002-0198
Discipline(s) HAL :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Philosophie
Résumé en anglais : [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). ...
Lire la suite >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.Lire moins >
Lire la suite >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.Lire moins >
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Anglais
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Non
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Date de dépôt :
2024-09-19T02:58:50Z