バートランド・ラッセル「民主主義国における専門家活用問題」
* 原著: What is Democracy?, 1953* 出典:牧野力(編)『ラッセル思想辞典』
現代の民主主義国が例外なく直面せざるをえない問題に,専門家を活用する問題がある。
One of the problems which every modern democracy has to face is that of the utilization of experts. There are many matters of the utmost importance which are too difficult for ordinary citizens to understand. Of these, perhaps finance is the most obvious. Jackson abolished the Bank of America, chiefly because he could not understand banking. The problem is to secure that, when expert opinion is necessary, it shall be in accordance with a popularly chosen policy and not covertly such as to favour some minority policy. ...