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Why It's OK to Ignore Politics

Why It's OK to Ignore Politics

Freiman, Christopher

Paperback

Series: Why It's Ok

PhilosophyReligion General United States Politics

ISBN10: 1138388998
ISBN13: 9781138388994
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 14 2020
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.08 Depth: 7.75
Language: English

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.

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