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Do you feel like you’re the only person at your office without an "I Voted!" sticker on Election Day? It turns out that you're far from alone – 100 million eligible U.S. voters never went to the polls in 2016. That’s about 35 million more than voted for the winning presidential candidate. In this book, Christopher Freiman explains why these 100 million need not feel guilty. __Why It’s OK to Ignore Politics__ argues that you’re under no obligation to be politically active. Freiman addresses new objections to political abstention as well as some old chestnuts ("But what if __everyone__ stopped voting?"). He also synthesizes recent empirical work showing how our political motivations distort our choices and reasoning. Because participating in politics is not an effective way to do good, Freiman argues that we actually have a moral duty to __disengage__ from politics and instead take direct action to make the world a better place. Key Features: * Makes the case against a duty of political participation for a non-expert audience * Presupposes no knowledge of philosophy or political science and is written in a style free of technical jargon * Addresses the standard, much-repeated argumen

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Author

Christopher Freiman

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781000062359

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Science, Philosophy