Facts, Principles, and (Real) Politics

Should our factual understanding of the world influence our normative theorising about it? G.A. Cohen has argued that our ultimate normative principles should not be constrained by facts (e.g. about feasibility, human nature, and so on). Many others have defended or are committed to various versions...

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Main Author: Rossi, Enzo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 505-520
RelBib Classification:NCD Political ethics
VA Philosophy
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Ideology
B Political realism and moralism
B Moral intuitions
B G.A. Cohen
B Facts and principles
B Method in political philosophy
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