Imo. relegating the decision to a properly qualified person/institution is reasonable, when you have insufficient knowledge. When it comes to matters of society as a whole of course you have a duty to acquire the knowledge and understanding, albeit that not always being easy in on itself with the way that information itself is manipulated and controlled.
Deferring to someone else’s expertise is still making a decision. It means you trust that person/institution in that matter enough to take their side, whichever that may be. Still beats sitting on the fence.
When I vote for someone I consider them the expert I trust to make decisions on thing I don’t have knowledge of. For that reason I’m pro democracy but against (large amounts of) referendums.
Imo. relegating the decision to a properly qualified person/institution is reasonable, when you have insufficient knowledge. When it comes to matters of society as a whole of course you have a duty to acquire the knowledge and understanding, albeit that not always being easy in on itself with the way that information itself is manipulated and controlled.
Deferring to someone else’s expertise is still making a decision. It means you trust that person/institution in that matter enough to take their side, whichever that may be. Still beats sitting on the fence.
Unless the “institution” is Fox and Friends. They can sit on a barded wire fence.
When I vote for someone I consider them the expert I trust to make decisions on thing I don’t have knowledge of. For that reason I’m pro democracy but against (large amounts of) referendums.