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Book Review: Jason Brennan, Against Democracy. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2016, ix + 288 pp, ISBN 9780691162607 $29.95

Author: Thomas Savidge

Published in: The Journal of Value Inquiry | Issue 1/2018

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Jason Brennan’s latest book Against Democracy challenges the ideas that democracy is the most just political system possible and that democracy is the political system that produces the best possible results. Brennan first examines the flaws in democracy and then makes the case for epistocracy, “the rule of the knowers” (Brennan, 14–15). The two major themes of this book are “politics is bad for us, and most of us should, for the sake of our characters, minimize our involvement” and “in light of widespread voter incompetence, epistocracy is superior to democracy” (Brennan, viii). This does not mean that epistocracy is perfect, but, Brennan argues that we could see better political outcomes if we installed epistocracy. …

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Title: Book Review: Jason Brennan, Against Democracy. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2016, ix + 288 pp, ISBN 9780691162607 $29.95
Author: Thomas Savidge
Publication date: 23-10-2017
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: The Journal of Value Inquiry / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0022-5363
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0492
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-017-9609-6

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