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- Title
DECONSTRUCTING THE CONSTITUENCY OF THE PUBLIC REASON: Taking Systematic Conspiracy Theorists out of the Legitimation Pool.
- Authors
DUMITRU, ADELIN-COSTIN
- Abstract
In the present article I argue that there is a class of conspiracy theorists that pose a threat to liberal democratic regimes, who tend to subscribe to potentially harmful conspiracy theories and can be regarded as unreasonable in two ways: i) do not accept the burdens of judgment; ii) are not motivated by a sense of justice. If we endorse political liberalism, we ought to partially exclude these citizens from the legitimation pool. The qualifier "partially" is important here, as I only endorse their exclusion qua bearers of an unreasonable conception. To the extent that they can employ other arguments, they will continue to be a part of the legitimation pool. Towards the end of the paper I investigate a potential counterargument to my position, which could be addressed by someone who postulates a Waldronian right to do wrong. I show that Quong's distinction between a right to do wrong and a non-right to be unreasonable can be extended in this instance and thus invalidate this potential criticism.
- Subjects
CONSPIRACY theories; RIGHT &; wrong; THEORISTS; LIBERALISM
- Publication
Filozofia, 2020, Vol 75, Issue 4, p263
- ISSN
0046-385X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31577/filozofia.2020.75.4.1