dc.contributor.author | Lamb, R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-25T08:56:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-08-23 | |
dc.description.abstract | What is the appropriate role for the political philosopher in a democratic society? One possible answer to this question is that she should use her expertise to provide normative guidance for her community. My aim in this article is to cast significant doubt on this view. I begin by endorsing a ‘qualitative continuity’ thesis about the nature of political philosophy, which posits an essential crossover between the activities of professional philosophers and ordinary citizens. I then offer a contextual account of scholarly expertise, which views it as a status that is dependent on institutional recognition – rather than knowledge – and involves relational role obligations. I move on to argue that the authority implied by scholarly expertise cannot properly be extended to the normative political domain of a community. I then reject some potential grounds upon which such an extension might be defended, before briefly considering what a rejection of normative expertise might mean for the professional political theorist in a democratic community. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 23 August 2018. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13698230.2018.1511173 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/33530 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 23 February 2020 in compliance with publisher policy. | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. | |
dc.title | Political philosophy and the nature of expertise | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 1369-8230 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis (Routledge) via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy | en_GB |