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Auteur(s) : Brennan, Jason (1979-....)
Titre(s) : Against democracy [Texte imprimé] / Jason Brennan
Publication : Princeton (N.J.) : Princeton university press, copyright 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (ix-288 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [265]-277. Index
"Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe
people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that
political participation is good for us - it empowers us, helps us get what we want,
and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more caring for one another. These
are some of our most cherished ideas about democracy. But, Jason Brennan says, they
are all wrong. In this trenchant book, Brennan argues that democracy should be judged
by its results - and the results are not good enough. Just as defendants have a right
to a fair trial, citizens have a right to competent government. But democracy is the
rule of the ignorant and the irrational, and it all too often falls short. Furthermore,
no one has a fundamental right to any share of political power, and exercising political
power does most of us little good. On the contrary, a wide range of social science
research shows that political participation and democratic deliberation actually tend
to make people worse - more irrational, biased, and mean. Given this grim picture,
Brennan argues that a new system of government - epistocracy, the rule of the knowledgeable,
may be better than democracy, and that it's time to experiment and find out."--Book
jacket flap
Sujet(s) : Démocratie -- Philosophie
Philosophie politique
Expertises -- Aspect politique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691162607. - ISBN 0691162603
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45356288z
Notice n° :
FRBNF45356288
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Hobbits and Hooligans ; Ignorant, Irrational, Misinformed Nationalists ; Political
Participation Corrupts ; Politics Doesn't Empower You or Me ; Politics Is Not a
Poem ; The Right to Competent Government ; Is Democracy Competent? ; The Rule of
the Knowers ; Civic Enemies.