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The epistemic benefits of deliberative democracy

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One instrumental defense of democracy is epistemic in character: Insofar as there is a correct answer to be found to some question being politically addressed, democratic decision-making procedures are more likely to find it than any other. But that assumes that the correct answer appears on the agenda in the first place, and that the agenda is not so cluttered that it gets lost there. Two-stage deliberative procedures can help with both problems, first by populating the agenda and then by winnowing it. A good example of both occurring is found in the detailed records now available of top secret ExComm deliberations surrounding the US government’s response to the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

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  • Robert E. Goodin, 2017. "The epistemic benefits of deliberative democracy," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 50(3), pages 351-366, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:policy:v:50:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s11077-017-9286-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s11077-017-9286-0
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