Towards a 'Non-Ideal' Non-Ideal Theory.

This article explores the role that considerations about the feasibility of a political proposal should play at the levels of both ideal and non-ideal theory. Drawing on recent work in the literature on political feasibility, I begin by describing a 'constraint-based' view of ideal and non-ideal the...

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Publicado en:Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 147 - 163
Autor principal: Carey, Brian
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell May2015
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