Political Realism and Political Reasons.
Some people, we may call them realists, endorse the priority thesis. This thesis says political reasons (distinct from moral, prudential, aesthetic, economic, and other kinds of reason) have normative priority whenever we assess political situations. Any putative political reasons, I argue, must sat...
| Published in: | Social Theory & Practice Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 91 - 125 |
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Florida State University
Jan2021
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