2023
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-023-04293-1
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Political ignorance is both rational and radical

Adam F. Gibbons

Abstract: It is commonly held that political ignorance is rational, a response to the high costs and low benefits of acquiring political information. But many recent critics of the claim that political ignorance is rational instead urge that it is a simple consequence of agents not concerning themselves with the acquisition of political information whatsoever. According to such critics, political ignorance is inadvertent radical ignorance rather than a rational response to the incentives faced by agents in democracies. … Show more

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