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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1nv30| Abstract: | © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The paper offers five desiderata on a realist normative theory of politics: that it should avoid moralism, deontologism, transcendentalism, utopianism, and vanguardism. These desiderata argue for a theory that begins from values rooted in a people’s experience; that avoids prescribing a collective deontological constraint; that makes the comparison of imperfect regimes possible; that takes feasibility and sustainability into account; and that makes room for the claims of democracy. The paper argues, in the course of exploring the desiderata, that a neo-republican philosophy of government does pretty well in satisfying them. |
| Publication Date: | 3-May-2017 |
| Citation: | Pettit, P. (2017). Political realism meets civic republicanism. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 20 (3), 320 - 333. doi:10.1080/13698230.2017.1293912 |
| DOI: | doi:10.1080/13698230.2017.1293912 |
| ISSN: | 1369-8230 |
| EISSN: | 1743-8772 |
| Pages: | 1 - 14 |
| Type of Material: | Journal Article |
| Journal/Proceeding Title: | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy |
| Version: | Author's manuscript |
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