Just published at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, here’s my entry on voting. Give it a read! Table of Contents: This entry focuses on six major questions concerning the rationality and…
The general election seasons is underway, and so now it’s time for partisans to try to stop you from voting third party. You’ll hear people say that a vote for Johnson,…
Here is a handy dandy list of the main arguments I’ve encountered for compulsory voting. Alas, none are sound. Also, two arguments against compulsory voting, both of which are sound….
WHY THERE’S NO DUTY TO VOTE Most Americans believe there’s a duty to vote; at least, they’ll say they believe in such a duty when answering surveys. But why hold there’s such…
UPDATE: I had Reich’s nickname wrong in the original post–please note that this is about the Robert Reich at Berkeley, not the Rob Reich at Stanford. Here’s Robert Reich, former…
Why do even the most enthusiastic defenders of markets stop short of defending a market in votes? After all, the central argument for markets in general applies to vote markets…