Rationally Speaking #176 - Jason Brennan on "Against democracy"

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

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The Importance of Discourse in Political Science

01:45 • 1min

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The Importance of Democracies

03:14 • 3min

4

The Disadvantages of Rejecting Democracy

06:04 • 2min

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The Argument for Democracy Empowering People

07:41 • 5min

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The Role of Hobbits and Hooligans in Democracy

13:08 • 2min

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The Importance of Deliberation in Politics

14:45 • 3min

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The Argument for Democracy as a Good Thing

17:28 • 3min

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The Jury Intuition Pump: A Case Study of Democracy

20:33 • 2min

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The Semiotic Argument for Democracy

22:32 • 2min

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The Meaning of the Right to Vote

24:16 • 4min

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The Importance of Cashing Out Semiotic Arguments

28:19 • 2min

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The Importance of Empirical Beliefs in Voting

29:54 • 4min

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The Anti-Paternalistic Tenant

33:33 • 3min

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The Differences Between High Information and Low Education Voters

36:11 • 2min

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The Effect of Education on Values

38:37 • 2min

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The Problem With Epistocracy

40:35 • 3min

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The Importance of Voter Competence

43:15 • 4min

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The Status Quo Bias in Democracy

47:08 • 2min

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The Borderlands Between Reason and Nonsense

49:19 • 2min