TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cozzaglio, Ilaria
A1  - Favara, Greta
T1  - Feasibility beyond non-ideal theory: a realist proposal
T2  - Ethical theory and moral practice
N2  - Some realists in political theory deny that the notion of feasibility has any place in realist theory, while others claim that feasibility constraints are essential elements of realist normative theorising. But none have so far clarified what exactly they are referring to when thinking of feasibility and political realism together. In this article, we develop a conception of the realist feasibility frontier based on an appraisal of how political realism should be distinguished from non-ideal theories. In this realist framework, political standards are feasible if they meet three requirements: they are (i) politically intelligible, (ii) contextually recognisable as authoritative, and (iii) contestable. We conclude by suggesting that our conception of realist feasibility might be compatible with utopian demands, thereby possibly finding favour with realists who otherwise refuse to resort to the notion of feasibility.
KW  - Political realism
KW  - Non-ideal theory
KW  - Feasibility
KW  - Political normativity
KW  - Utopianism
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63575
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-635752
SN  - 1572-8447
N1  - Early View: Online Version before inclusion in an issue
N1  - Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
VL  - 2021
IS  - online version before inclusion in an issue
PB  - Springer Science + Business Media B.V
CY  - Dordrecht [u.a.]
ER  -