Jeremy Bentham on fallibility and infallibility.

Journal of the History of Ideas | October 1, 2007| | Copyright

Arguments on behalf of human fallibility, and against the assumption of infallibility, comprise a justly famous dimension of John Stuart Mill's democratic theory. These familiar claims ground Mill's defense of the liberty of thought and discussion in On Liberty. But fallibilism also justifies Mill's support for a deliberative assembly, and for the sorts of activities that take place in such a forum. Members of such an assembly, the fundamental activities of which include the changing of beliefs, commitments, and institutions, engage in "self-revision and learning." (1) Only ...

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