Books in Brief
July 9, 2024
Speaking for Others: The Ethics of Informal Political Representation
Author: Wendy Salkin
“Political representation is typically assumed to be the purview of formal institutions and elected officials. But many of the people who represent us are not senators or city councilors—think of Martin Luther King, Jr., or Malala Yousafzai or even a neighbor who speaks up at a school board meeting. Informal political representatives are in fact ubiquitous, often powerful, and some bear enormous responsibility. In Speaking for Others, political philosopher Wendy Salkin develops the first systematic conceptual and moral analysis of informal political representation.”
Salkin is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy.
