TY - JOUR T1 - Deconstructing the Constituency of the Public Reason. Taking Systematic Conspiracy Theorists out of the Legitimation Pool JF - Filozofia Y1 - 2020 A1 - Dumitru, Adelin-Costin KW - Burdens of judgment KW - Conspiracy theorists KW - Legitimation pool KW - Right to do wrong AB - In the present article I argue that there is a class of conspiracy theorists that pose a threat to liberal democratic regimes, who tend to subscribe to potentially harmful conspiracy theories and can be regarded as unreasonable in two ways: i) do not accept the burdens of judgment; ii) are not motivated by a sense of justice. If we endorse political liberalism, we ought to partially exclude these citizens from the legitimation pool. The qualifier “partially” is important here, as I only endorse their exclusion qua bearers of an unreasonable conception. To the extent that they can employ other arguments, they will continue to be a part of the legitimation pool. Towards the end of the paper I investigate a potential counterargument to my position, which could be addressed by someone who postulates a Waldronian right to do wrong. I show that Quong’s distinction between a right to do wrong and a non-right to be unreasonable can be extended in this instance and thus invalidate this potential criticism. VL - 75 UR - https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/04211144ilozofia.2020.75.4.1.pdf M3 - State U2 - Articles U3 - 263278 ER -