Should you vote?

Jason Brennan, author of The Ethics of Voting, suggests that most people shouldn’t vote.

Citizens have no duty to vote, but if they do vote, they must vote well, for what they justifiedly believe will promote good government.

There’s nothing morally wrong with being ignorant about politics, or with forming your political beliefs though an irrational thought processes—so long as you don’t vote. As soon as you step in the voting booth, you acquire a duty to know what you’re doing. It’s fine to be ignorant, misinformed, or irrational about politics, so long as you don’t impose your political preferences upon others using the coercive power of government.

Most of us probably assume this applies to those with whom we disagree. But it applies to all of us. You can read more here.