The impossibility of a Bayesian liberal?
Bosworth, W. & Taylor, B.
(2022).
The impossibility of a Bayesian liberal?
Journal of Politics,
84(4), 2023 - 2033.
https://doi.org/10.1086/716286
Aumann’s theorem states that no individual should agree to disagree under a range of assumptions. Political liberalism appears to presuppose these assumptions with the idealized conditions of public reason. We argue that Aumann’s theorem demonstrates they nevertheless cannot be simultaneously held with what is arguably political liberalism’s most central tenet. That is, the tenet of reasonable pluralism, which implies we can rationally agree to disagree over conceptions of the good. We finish by elaborating a way of relaxing one of the theorem’s axioms that arguably lends itself to a coherent account of political liberalism, namely, the condition of indexical independence.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2022 The Southern Political Science Association |
| Departments | LSE > Academic Departments > Government |
| DOI | 10.1086/716286 |
| Date Deposited | 30 Sep 2020 |
| Acceptance Date | 17 Jun 2021 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106659 |
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- https://www.lse.ac.uk/government/people/academic-staff/william-bosworth (Author)
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