EPISTEMIČKO OPRAVDANJE DEMOKRATIJE
EPISTEMIC JUSTIFICATION OF DEMOCRACY

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to offer epistemic justification of democracy in addition to standard, purely procedural justification. First, we present a cognitive model of collective decision making and point out its advantages in comparison to standard statistical models. The logic underlying the improvement of group, or in our case democratic decision-making is based on a diversity of perspectives, information and arguments. Relying on the assumption of cognitive diversity, we argue that given the complexity of the political issues, majority rule has advantages over the rule of the minority. Second, we draw on the empiricallz demonstrated success of the collective decision-making and the conditions under which it occurs. We argue that a precondition for good political decision is a political system and institutions that will encourage the existence of cognitive diversity of those participating in the democratic process of decision-making.

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