Speaking For Others: The Ethics Of Informal Political Representation Wendy Salkin Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social Sciences Philosophy

A Political Philosopher Dissects The Duties And Dilemmas Of Unelected Spokesperson From Martin Luther King Jr To Greta Thunberg Representation Is Typically Assumed Be Purview Formal Institutions Elected Officials But Many People Who Represent Us Are Not Senators Or City Councilors—Think Malala Yousafzai Even Neighbor Speaks Up At School Board Meeting Informal Representatives In Fact Ubiquitous Often Powerful Some Bear Enormous Responsibility Speaking For Others Wendy Salkin Develops First Systematic Conceptual Moral Analysis Argues That Can Lifeline Particularly Oppressed Marginalized Groups Denied Yet Exert Outsized Influence Over Ways These Groups’ Interests Understood By Public Without Represented Having Much Recourse Hold Them Accountable Selected They Outsiders Sticking With Would Choose Cannot Shake Role Therefore Fraught Questions What Exactly Their Whom Owed? Should Members Represent? When Permissible It Best Avoided?Informal Taking Place All Around You Yourself May An Representative Knowing Explores Tensions Central This Pervasive Underexamined Practice Bringing Light Both Its Perils Promise Σελίδες: 368 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1028 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm