John Stuart Mill and Epistemic Democracy

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.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction

1. Two Criteria: Education and Competence
2. The Epistemic Value of Political Conflict
3. Democracy and the Quality of Political Outcomes
4. Political Representation and Filtering Mechanisms
5. Plural Voting Proposal
6. The Epistemic Role of Partisanship
7. Filtering Mechanisms and Antipaternalism

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Ivan Cerovac is research fellow at the University of Rijeka.

Product details

• Authors: Ivan Cerovac
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2024
• EAN: 9781793636782
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-678-2
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Ethics & moral philosophy, Political structures: democracy, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political structures / systems: democracy