Interpersonal Confidence on Epistemic Democracy: Beyond Voting

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.091How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Epistemic Democracy; Social Choice Theory; Populism; Liberalism; Voting; Interpersonal Confidence

Abstract

There is a huge dispute on epistemic populism about whether majorities’ preferences can be treated as general will. Philosophers have different opinions on that, and they focus on the procedure of voting (during the voting), and the outcome of voting (after voting). This paper’s goal is to discuss the precondition for arriving at democracy. That is, a high level of social bond is a prerequisite for effective voting; interpersonal confidence is crucial for achieving democracy: the voting system requires interpersonal confidence to ensure the voters’ motivation from public interest; even though the result of voting may not lead to a just decision, interpersonal confidence is also a requirement to correct the mistakes.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Juncheng Mu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/29
TI  - Interpersonal Confidence on Epistemic Democracy: Beyond Voting
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 553
EP  - 557
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.091
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.091
ID  - Mu2022
ER  -