Panel Discussion of Richard Tuck's YTL Centre Annual Lecture, "Active and Passive Citizens" - a podcast by The Verdict: Law & Society

The Yeoh Tiong Lay (YTL) Centre for Politics, Philosophy & Law’s Annual Lecture was delivered by Professor Richard Tuck (Harvard), on 23 January.

In his lecture, 'Active and Passive Citizens', Professor Tuck offered a novel interpretation of the value of voting within a democratic majoritarian system, explaining that the value of casting such a vote does not merely consist in the instrumental effect of bringing about a desirable outcome nor in its expressive value.

Instead, Professor Tuck offered an 'agentive' account of democratic voting, one inspired by Rousseau, according to which there is value in casting a vote as part of a collective system of political decision. It is the presence of this 'agentive' value, he argued, that helps mark the historically important distinction between active citizens and passive citizens.

The lecture was followed on 24 January by a panel discussion exploring Professor Tuck’s work on theories of democracy. Professor Tuck was joined by Dr Hannah Dawson (King's), Professor Richard Ekins (Oxford) & Professor Lea Ypi (LSE). This discussion was chaired by Dr Munira Mirza (Executive Director, King's Culture).

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