I suspect that brains continue developing, at least in some respects, for one’s entire life, with diminishing returns as one gets older. 100 years ago it was the general wisdom that an 18-yo can be independent and deserves to vote; while 18-yo’s are less independent today, I still feel we shouldn’t move away from this Schelling point.
Well I do agree that it would be beneficial for me personally to remove 75+ from the voting bloc, but I have trouble seeing a universal argument in favour of this without appealing to “my values are universally good.” Of course, I do believe my values are universally good, but I sort of feel like democracy is meant to be value-agnostic somehow.
I suspect that brains continue developing, at least in some respects, for one’s entire life, with diminishing returns as one gets older. 100 years ago it was the general wisdom that an 18-yo can be independent and deserves to vote; while 18-yo’s are less independent today, I still feel we shouldn’t move away from this Schelling point.
Well I do agree that it would be beneficial for me personally to remove 75+ from the voting bloc, but I have trouble seeing a universal argument in favour of this without appealing to “my values are universally good.” Of course, I do believe my values are universally good, but I sort of feel like democracy is meant to be value-agnostic somehow.