TY - JOUR AU - Kuljanin, Dragan PY - 2019/09/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Why Not a Philosopher King? and Other Objections to Epistocracy JF - Phenomenology and Mind JA - Ph&Mind VL - IS - 16 SE - Section 3. Political Agency and Equality DO - 10.13128/Phe_Mi-26075 UR - https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7342 SP - 80-89 AB - <p>In this paper I will examine epistocracy as a form of limiting the political agency of some citizens (by removing their political rights) and offer an internal critique of it. I will argue that epistocracy runs into a number of logical and epistemic problems in trying to define who should be the members of an epistocratic polity. Furthermore, I will argue that the argument for epistocracy cannot ignore unjust background conditions. I will also suggest that some of the problems epistocracy attempts to correct can be solved in a more just way, while preserving democracy.</p> ER -