Political Deference (MANCEPT)
| Dates: | 20 April 2023 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 17:30 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick)
Political deference is deference to the political judgment of others. The standard view in political
philosophy is that citizens are not required to defer to the political judgment of others, even if they
might be required to epistemically defer to others on certain empirical matters in forming their own
political judgments. Against this standard view, I argue that there are epistemic circumstances in which
citizens (as well as political leaders) are required to politically defer to others. I provide an account of
the epistemic circumstances in which political deference is required, both rationally and morally. I also
answer objections that aim to show that even if political deference is rationally required, it is
problematic for some moral or political reasons.
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