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Conspiracy theories and reasonable pluralism

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25210%2F22%3A39919386" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25210/22:39919386 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/00216275:25210/20:39916469

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1474885119899232" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1474885119899232</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474885119899232" target="_blank" >10.1177/1474885119899232</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Conspiracy theories and reasonable pluralism

  • Original language description

    The popularity of conspiracy theories poses a clear challenge for contemporary liberal democracies. Conspiracy theories undermine rational debate, spread dangerous false-hoods and threaten social cohesion. However, any possible public policy response, which would try to contain their spread, needs to respect the liberal commitment to protect pluralism and free speech. A successful justification of such a policy must therefore: 1) clearly identify the problematic class of conspiracy theories; and 2) clarify the grounds on which the state is justified in acting against them. This article argues that the prevailing epistemic approaches to conspiracy theorizing cannot fulfil these criteria. Defining conspiracy theories by their flaws in reasoning, questionable coherence or factual mistakes can neither sharply distinguish problematic conspiracy theories from other, non-problematic worldviews nor justify state action. Thus, we propose to understand conspiracy theories through their ethical unreasonableness. We hold that containment of conspiracy theories is justifiable insofar as they undermine the liberal-democratic ideals of mutual respect, freedom and equality. We then show that such &apos;ethical&apos; criteria for conspiracy theories can be sufficiently robust and clear-cut so that they can serve as a useful guide for public policy.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    50601 - Political science

Result continuities

  • Project

    <a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000425" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000425: Centre for Ethics</a><br>

  • Continuities

    P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Others

  • Publication year

    2022

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    European Journal of Political Theory

  • ISSN

    1474-8851

  • e-ISSN

    1741-2730

  • Volume of the periodical

    21

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    3

  • Country of publishing house

    GB - UNITED KINGDOM

  • Number of pages

    21

  • Pages from-to

    445-465

  • UT code for WoS article

    000586909600001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85083211189