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Julia Maskivker, "The Duty to Vote" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Julia Maskivker, "The Duty to Vote" (Oxford UP, 2019)
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65 minutes
Released:
Dec 5, 2019
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When asked what democracy is, many of us instantly think of elections, and thus voting. Although we tend to see voting as central to democracy, we also think that voting is optional – a commendable activity that a citizen might choose to do, but one that can be omitted blamelessly. What’s more, political theorists and philosophers tend to regard voting as irrational, reckless, or worse. Some have even suggested that low voter turnout is a signal of the health of a society.
In The Duty to Vote (Oxford University Press, 2019), Julia Maskivker argues that voting is an obligation rooted in a Samaritan duty.
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In The Duty to Vote (Oxford University Press, 2019), Julia Maskivker argues that voting is an obligation rooted in a Samaritan duty.
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Released:
Dec 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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