Francesca Pasquali

Virtuous Imbalance

Political Philosophy between Desirability and Feasibility

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781409433118
• ISBN-10: 1409433110
• Artikelnr.: 45373931

Autorenporträt

Francesca Pasquali

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introductory notes
Political philosophy: different attitudes and methodologies
Realistic utopianism. The case of John Rawls
Realism. The case of Machiavelli
Utopianism. The case of Plato
Theoretical adequacy and practical relevance. Why political philosophy should be philosophical
Two practical functions for political philosophy
Bibliography
Index.