EI Weekly Listen — Authority without knowledge by Erica Benner

September 23, 2022

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The worst form of ignorance in politics is an inflated opinion of one’s own wisdom. In matters of moral judgement, authority-dependence carries grave risks. Read by Leighton Pugh.

French painter David's The Death of Socrates.
French painter David's The Death of Socrates. Credit: Universal History Archive/Getty Images

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