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9 months ago
in Some Nuance on “Bad Voters” on Will Wilkinson
From a quasi-Aristotelian perspective, could one not object that good voting, whatever that might mean, requires some sustained engagement with the act of voting? Surgeons, after all, do not develop the skills that make them good surgeons simply by doing well in medical school; indeed, they cannot become competent surgeons without years of training after medical school. One could try to make the argument that all good voters must at some point vote badly (perhaps many times), in order to become good voters--and that there is thus little reason to congratulate someone for not voting, if one values good voting.
Perhaps voting is not like being a surgeon. But what is it? And in what sense does this type of action not benefit from practice?
Perhaps voting is not like being a surgeon. But what is it? And in what sense does this type of action not benefit from practice?
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Wouldn't one think that the practice isn't the act of voting itself, but something like, for example, reading newspapers or discussing politics or general education or something along those lines?