The purpose of this thesis is to address the criticism of democracy put forward by the American philosopher Jason Brennan in his book, Against democracy (2017). Brennan questions the people´s influence on political issues based on epistemic grounds and dismisses arguments for democracy based on procedural and semiotic principles. My argument aims to defend the equal distribution of political freedom and to argue for how democracy´s procedural and semiotic value is expressed. Additionally, I address Brennan´s views on knowledge and competence from a value-theoretical perspective. My results show, among other things, that Brennan´s argumentation contains contradictions and unclear valuetheoretical reasoning. Drawing on Rawlsian principles of ...
This article questions some of the assumptions about politics and democracy made in Ivan Cerovac's b...
Book review: Brennan and Democracy. By Frank I. Michelman. Princeton University Press. 1999. Pp. 176...
I argue that democratic citizens have a duty to educate themselves politically. My argument proceeds...
Denne artikkelen diskuterer først den såkalte «ignoranseinnvendingen» mot demokratiet som hevder at ...
Unfortunately, any discussion of Jason Brennan’s Against Democracy (2017), which seeks to make a cas...
This short paper focuses on the relationship between the procedural and the epistemic arguments for ...
There has been a recent resurgence in epistocratic arguments against our democratic institutions. Ja...
International audienceThis article provides a critical examination of David Estlund’s epistemic proc...
Democratic theorists have generally agreed on that citizens should possess some minimal amount of po...
The author analyzes procedural and instrumental theories of democracy, interpreting them in the cont...
The usual justifications of democracy attach central importance to fair decision-making procedures. ...
This paper aims at providing an epistemic defense of democracy based on John Dewey’s idea that democ...
ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATIONDemocracy, Epistocracy, and the Epistemic Problems of Politics: How Cent...
Democratic legitimacy is often grounded in proceduralist terms, referring to the ideal of political ...
My dissertation aims to answer two questions: (1) Is democracy epistemically valuable? (2) Is the ep...
This article questions some of the assumptions about politics and democracy made in Ivan Cerovac's b...
Book review: Brennan and Democracy. By Frank I. Michelman. Princeton University Press. 1999. Pp. 176...
I argue that democratic citizens have a duty to educate themselves politically. My argument proceeds...
Denne artikkelen diskuterer først den såkalte «ignoranseinnvendingen» mot demokratiet som hevder at ...
Unfortunately, any discussion of Jason Brennan’s Against Democracy (2017), which seeks to make a cas...
This short paper focuses on the relationship between the procedural and the epistemic arguments for ...
There has been a recent resurgence in epistocratic arguments against our democratic institutions. Ja...
International audienceThis article provides a critical examination of David Estlund’s epistemic proc...
Democratic theorists have generally agreed on that citizens should possess some minimal amount of po...
The author analyzes procedural and instrumental theories of democracy, interpreting them in the cont...
The usual justifications of democracy attach central importance to fair decision-making procedures. ...
This paper aims at providing an epistemic defense of democracy based on John Dewey’s idea that democ...
ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATIONDemocracy, Epistocracy, and the Epistemic Problems of Politics: How Cent...
Democratic legitimacy is often grounded in proceduralist terms, referring to the ideal of political ...
My dissertation aims to answer two questions: (1) Is democracy epistemically valuable? (2) Is the ep...
This article questions some of the assumptions about politics and democracy made in Ivan Cerovac's b...
Book review: Brennan and Democracy. By Frank I. Michelman. Princeton University Press. 1999. Pp. 176...
I argue that democratic citizens have a duty to educate themselves politically. My argument proceeds...