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Auteur(s) : Estlund, David M. (1958-....)
Titre(s) : Utopophobia [Texte imprimé] : on the limits (if any) of political philosophy / David Estlund
Publication : Princeton (N. J.) : Princeton university press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xvii, 377 p.)
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"Throughout the history of political philosophy and politics more broadly a debate
has raged about the proper place of idealism versus realism in our thinking about
political principles and institutions. Within contemporary political philosophy, this
debate has taken the form of what is called "ideal theory" versus "non-ideal theory."
Non-ideal theorists have tried to shift the focus of political philosophy from theorizing
about the nature of concepts like "justice" to questions about which feasible institutional
and political changes would make a society, or the world, more just. But what if,
the ideal theorist asks, justice is a standard that no society is likely ever to satisfy?
Could we somehow even know this is the case before seriously considering what justice
requires? And, if social justice were unrealistic, would that mean that understanding
justice is without value or importance, and merely idle utopianism? In Utopophobia,
David Estlund argues that the best reasons for thinking either that justice must be
realistic, or for thinking that there is no point in understanding justice unless
it could be realized, are not convincing. No particular theory of justice is offered
or presupposed by Estlund in this book, nor is it argued that justice is indeed unrealizable-only
that it could be, and that this possibility upsets common ways of proceeding in political
thought. The book, thus, represents a critical engagement with important strands in
traditional and contemporary political philosophy which suppose that a sound theory
of justice, or even the enterprise of political philosophy generally, has the sole
or overriding and defining task of contributing practical guidance toward greater
social justice. Along the way, Estlund argues against several tempting views; that
the "circumstances of justice," as understood by Hume and Rawls, imply that the very
idea of social justice is grounded in unfortunate but realistic conditions of individual
moral deficiency; that inquiry in political philosophy could have significant value
only insofar as it guides to practical political action; and that understanding true
justice would necessarily have practical value, at least as an ideal arrangement to
be approximated"
Sujet(s) : Justice (philosophie)
Idéalisme (philosophie)
Réalisme (philosophie)
Philosophie politique
Indice(s) Dewey :
320.01 (23e éd.) = Science politique - Philosophie et théorie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691197500 (erroné). - ISBN 0691197504 (erroné). - ISBN 9780691147161. - ISBN
0691147167. - ISBN 9780691147161 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb465288868
Notice n° :
FRBNF46528886
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Table des matières : Frontmatter -- ; Contents -- ; Preface and Acknowledgments -- ; Chapter 1. An Unrealistic
Introduction -- ; Chapter 2. Overview -- ; Chapter 3. Anti-Anti- Moralism -- ; Chapter
4. Circumstances and Justice -- ; Chapter 5. Utopophobia -- ; Chapter 6. Mitigating
Motives -- ; Chapter 7. Justice Unbent -- ; Chapter 8. Concessive Requirement -- ;
Chapter 9. Bad Facts -- ; Chapter 10. Prime Justice -- ; Chapter 11. The Puzzle of
Plural Obligation -- ; Chapter 12. Plural Requirement -- ; Chapter 13. Progress, Perfection,
and Practice -- ; Chapter 14. The Fallacy of Approximation -- ; Chapter 15. Countervailing
Deviation -- ; Chapter 16. Beyond Practicalism -- ; Chapter 17. Informed Concern --
; Epilogue -- ; Notes -- ; Index of Examples and Propositions -- ; General Index --
; A note on the type
