Adam Kern on Academic Government and its Pretensions

Adam Kern, in a recent piece for The Harvard Political Review, analyzes the academic nature of the Obama presidency. Quoting Obama’s desire to have an “academically approved” health care plan, Kern questions the legitimacy of founding authority on such expertise. Drawing upon the philosopher Alasdaire MacIntyre, who was similarly wary of basing leadership on academics, Kern concludes that in circumstances where the administration is solely in charge, the public ought to be “properly skeptic.”

Read the full article at The Harvard Political Review.