Burde meningsmålinger være ulovlige?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/politica.v50i2.131206Abstract
Denne artikel handler om meningsmålinger. Mere specifikt behandler den spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt det bør være ulovligt at offentliggøre resultaterne af meningsmålinger. Spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt offentliggørelse af meningsmålingsresultater bør være ulovligt, er af teoretisk interesse, men det er også af praktisk interesse, fordi et stort antal lande har gennemført love, som gør det ulovligt at offentliggøre meningsmålingsresultater. Denne artikel konkluderer, at der ikke bør være nogen juridiske restriktioner på offentliggørelse af meningsmålingsresultater. Offentliggørelse af sådanne resultater bør være lovligt på et hvilket som helst tidspunkt. I artiklens andet afsnit fremføres et argument for, at udgangspunktet i debatten om, hvorvidt det skal være lovligt at offentliggøre resultaterne af meningsmålinger bør være, at dette skal være lovligt. Der argumenteres for, i) at dette argument er overbevisende. Der kan dog være mindst ét stærkere argument for den opfattelse, at offentliggørelse af meningsmålingsresultater bør være ulovligt. I tredje afsnit argumenteres der for, ii) at der ikke eksisterer et sådant argument. Forudsat at argumenterne for i) og ii) er overbevisende, vil et meget plausibelt argument til fordel for denne artikels konklusion være etableret.
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