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28Public knowledgePhilosophy and Social Criticism 30 (2): 139-157. 2004.This paper argues that the public can do more than legitimate government; it can provide public knowledge for sound public policy. Critics of democracy worry that the public has too little objectivity and impartiality to know what is best. These critics have a point: taken one by one, people have little knowledge of the whole. For this reason, citizens need to escape the cloisters of kith and kin and enter a world of unlike others. They need to be open to other perspectives and concerns. They ne…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Aesthetics |
19th Century Philosophy |
European Philosophy |
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