Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation: A Theory of Discourse Failure

by Fernando R. Tesón and Guido Pincione

Book Overview

In public political deliberation, people will err and lie in accordance with definite patterns. Such discourse failure results from behavior that is both instrumentally and epistemically rational. The deliberative practices of a liberal democracy (let alone repressive or non-democratic societies) cannot be improved so as to overcome the tendency for rational citizens to believe and say things at odds with reliable propositions of social science. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521175380
• ISBN13: 9780521175388
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"