John Stuart Mill and epistemic democracy

• Verfasst von: Cerovac, Ivan [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: John Stuart Mill and epistemic democracy
• Verf.angabe: Ivan Cerovac
• Verlagsort: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: [2022]
• Umfang: x, 205 Seiten
• Fussnoten: Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Auflagen und Nachdrucke ; Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 183-197
• ISBN: 978-1-7936-3676-8
• ISBN: 978-1-7936-3678-2
• Schlagwörter: (p)Mill, John Stuart
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Cerovac, Ivan, 1946-: John Stuart Mill and epistemic democracy. - Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022] |(DLC)2021054908
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Cerovac, Ivan, 1987 - : John Stuart Mill and epistemic democracy. - Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (x, 205 pages)
• K10plus-PPN: 1785505475

Abstract

Introduction -- Two criteria: Education and competence -- The epistemic value of political conflict -- Democracy and the quality of political outcomes -- Political representation and filtering mechanisms -- Plural voting proposal -- The epistemic role of partisanship -- Filtering mechanisms and antipaternalism -- Conclusion.

Abstract

"This book characterizes Mill as a political instrumentalist and an epistemic democrat, analyzing the epistemic arguments he uses to support his political proposals. Exploring his endeavor to resolve the conflict between political and epistemic values, it sets the epistemic criteria as a basis for unifying Mill's political thought"--