BEYOND REALISM AND MORALISM A DEFENSE OF POLITICAL MINIMALISM

• Published in: Metaphilosophy Vol. 48; no. 5; pp. 727 - 744
• Main Author: RODRÍGUEZ-ALCÁZAR, JAVIER
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley (Variant) 01.10.2017; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: moral philosophy; Morality; Non-Symposium Articles; Philosophy; political minimalism; political moralism; Political philosophy; political realism; political substantialism; Politics; Realism

What is the relationship between morals and politics? What is the relationship between moral philosophy and political philosophy? Defenders of political moralism postulate moral aims or constraints for politics, and hence they see political philosophy as a chapter of moral philosophy. Contrastingly,...