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EI Weekly Listen — Authority without knowledge by Erica Benner
Published 3 years, 3 months ago
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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.
Image: French painter David's The Death of Socrates. Credit: Universal History Archive/Getty Images
Image: French painter David's The Death of Socrates. Credit: Universal History Archive/Getty Images