People Do Not Have a Duty to Avoid Voting Badly
Reply to Brennan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19524841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcus Arvan (0000-0001-5683-1055, University of Tampa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-6 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1559-3061 • E-ISSN: 1559-3061 |
| Publisher | Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.26556/jesp.v5i1.138 |
| OpenAlex | W2765507308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Jason Brennan argues that people are morally obligated not to vote badly, where voting badly is voting “without sufficient reason” for harmful or unjust policies or candidates. His argument is: (1) One has an obligation not to engage in collectively harmful activities when refraining from such activities does not impose significant personal costs. (2) Voting badly is to engage in a collectively harmful activity, while abstaining imposes low personal costs. (3) Therefore, one should not vote badly. This paper shows that Brennan never adequately clarifies 1 and that, on every plausible clarification, 2 is false
Duty · Economics · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Voting · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |