Epistemic feature of democracy: The role of expert in democratic decision making
In her book Democracy and Truth: The Conflict between Political and Epistemic Virtues, Snježana Prijić Samaržija advocates that a purely procedural justification which defines the authority and legitimacy of democracy only in relation to the fairness of the procedure itself is not enough fo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade
2020-01-01
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Series: | Filozofija i Društvo |
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Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2020/0353-57382001037J.pdf |
Summary: | In her book Democracy and Truth: The Conflict between Political and Epistemic
Virtues, Snježana Prijić Samaržija advocates that a purely procedural
justification which defines the authority and legitimacy of democracy only
in relation to the fairness of the procedure itself is not enough for a full
justification of democracy. Some epistemic values should also be included.
This epistemic quality of democracy depends on the quality of the decisions
that the democratic procedures produce. In that sense, the author is
advocating a hybrid theory that secures harmony between political and
epistemic values, favoring deliberative procedure for this purpose, and thus
promotes equal respect for both democratic values. In doing so, she is
advocating the specific type of division of epistemic labor that I will
attempt to critically re-examine here, as well as to bring into question the
privileged role of the experts in democratic decision-making. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 179067] |
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ISSN: | 0353-5738 2334-8577 |