Abstract
I am deeply grateful to my commentators for their careful and thoughtful engagement with my book. Their critiques and reflections not only help refine the theory of Meritocratic Democracy but also contribute meaningfully to my own scholarly development. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, I am unable to address every point raised in their detailed and insightful commentaries. I have therefore chosen to focus on the most challenging and pressing questions, in the hope that readers will appreciate the rationale behind this selective response. © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy |
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| Publication status | Online published - 11 Sept 2025 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
Parts of this article were presented at the Book Symposium on Meritocratic Democracy (OUP 2024), held at the City University of Hong Kong on 6 November 2024, and at the book launch of Meritocratic Democracy (OUP 2024) at King’s College London on 27 February 2025. I wish to thank Sungmoon Kim and Adrian Blau for organising these two events, and all participants for their valuable comments and discussions. This work was supported by the research programme “Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies,” the Gravitation programme of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science, and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (024.004.031).
Research Keywords
- confucian political meritocracy
- cross-cultural political theory
- democracy’s crisis
- Intra-party ethical screening
- political leaders
- political truth
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