The Ethics of Voting

Zusatztext " The Ethics of Voting . . . offers a set of provocative and tightly-argued claims. It also changes the way scholars across the social sciences and humanities might want to ask questions about voting. . . . Jason Brennan has written a short, accessible, and tight book that deserves a place on scholars bookshelves." ---Art Carden, Public Choice Informationen zum Autor Jason Brennan is assistant professor of ethics at Georgetown University. He is the coauthor of A Brief History of Liberty . Klappentext Challenges our assumptions about voting! revealing why it is not a duty for most citizens. This title explains why voting is not necessarily the best way for citizens to exercise their civic duty! and why some citizens need to stay away from the polls to protect the democratic process from their uninformed! irrational! or immoral votes. Zusammenfassung Challenges our assumptions about voting, revealing why it is not a duty for most citizens. This title explains why voting is not necessarily the best way for citizens to exercise their civic duty, and why some citizens need to stay away from the polls to protect the democratic process from their uninformed, irrational, or immoral votes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Voting as an Ethical Issue 1 Chapter One: Arguments for a Duty to Vote 15 Chapter Two: Civic Virtue without Politics 43 Chapter Three: Wrongful Voting 68 Chapter Four: Deference and Abstention 95 Chapter Five: For the Common Good 112 Chapter Six: Buying and Selling Votes 135 Chapter Seven: How Well Do Voters Behave? 161 Afterword to the Paperback Edition: How to Vote Well 179 Notes 185 References 205 Index 213

"The Ethics of Voting . . . offers a set of provocative and tightly-argued claims. It also changes the way scholars across the social sciences and humanities might want to ask questions about voting. . . . Jason Brennan has written a short, accessible, and tight book that deserves a place on scholars bookshelves."---Art Carden, Public Choice

Autorentext

Jason Brennan With a new afterword by the author

Klappentext

"Jason Brennan's surprising investigation of the ethics of voting grapples with some of the most entrenched dogmas in our political culture. . . . His conclusions will shake some readers up, and our thinking about democracy will be better for the debates that are sure to ensue."--David Estlund, Brown University

"This is a fascinating book about a very important topic. . . . The Ethics of Voting abounds in interesting claims and good arguments with often surprising conclusions. Beautifully clear and eminently readable, it will be noticed."--Geoffrey Brennan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

"Brennan's book is provocative in the best sense of the word--a fresh and challenging approach to important matters in political theory and political ethics."--Richard Dagger, University of Richmond

Zusammenfassung
Challenges our assumptions about voting, revealing why it is not a duty for most citizens. This title explains why voting is not necessarily the best way for citizens to exercise their civic duty, and why some citizens need to stay away from the polls to protect the democratic process from their uninformed, irrational, or immoral votes.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Voting as an Ethical Issue 1 Chapter One: Arguments for a Duty to Vote 15 Chapter Two: Civic Virtue without Politics 43 Chapter Three: Wrongful Voting 68 Chapter Four: Deference and Abstention 95 Chapter Five: For the Common Good 112 Chapter Six: Buying and Selling Votes 135 Chapter Seven: How Well Do Voters Behave? 161 Afterword to the Paperback Edition: How to Vote Well 179 Notes 185 References 205 Index 213