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adequacy
Author_Francesca Pasquali
Category=JPA
Category=QDTS
constraints
Contingent Political Facts
criteria
desirability
Desirability Considerations
Desirability Criteria
Desirability Judgements
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equilibrium between ideals and reality
Evaluative Standards
feasibility
Feasibility Conditions
Feasibility Considerations
Feasibility Constraints
Feasibility Criteria
Machiavelli's Reflection
Machiavelli's Thought
Machiavellian analysis
Machiavelli’s Reflection
Machiavelli’s Thought
methodological pluralism
Normative Political Philosophy
normative political theory
Overlapping Consensus
philosophy
political
Political Conclusiveness
practical political reasoning
Prescriptive Principles
Public Philosophy
Rational Faith
Rawlsian justice theory
Rawlsian Model
Rawlsian Paradigm
realistic
Realistic Utopia
Reasonable Faith
Reasonable Pluralism
Relative Feasibility
theoretical
Theoretical Adequacy
Utopian Methodologies
utopian realism
utopianism
Product details
- ISBN 9781138261549
- Weight: 410g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Which kind of methodology should political philosophy endorse to jointly meet its theoretical and practical commitments? Virtuous Imbalance: Political Philosophy between Desirability and Feasibility assesses three paradigmatic cases to explore and explain political philosophy's attempts to answer this important question. Rawls's realistic utopianism, Machiavelli's realism, and Plato's utopianism are examined and explored as Francesca Pasquali presents the proper methodology political philosophy should endorse when attempting to attain equilibrium between the practical and the theoretical. These models are investigated with reference to desirability and feasibility; the former concerning the adequacy of normative principles, the latter the practical possibility of enacting them. Both realism and utopianism are shown to perform important and relevant functions with utopianism providing the criteria for judging political practices and realism developing principles for orienting political actors' conduct. An innovative version of realistic utopianism develops, avoiding the shortfalls detected in previous formulations whilst presenting a methodological strategy that enables political philosophy to play a proper public role, without dismissing theoretical concerns.
