Political-Realism 2

Moralism as a Dualism in Ethics and Politics

Political Philosophy 1 (2): 432–462. 2024. doi:10.16995/pp.17532

Argues that both moralism in ethics and political moralism originate from a problematic dualism that transforms the useful distinction between the moral and the non-moral into a rigid divide. As the historical comparison with ancient Greek thought shows, this obscures genuine conflicts of values and fails to adequately address complex political realities such as “dirty hands” situations.

ethics, political moralism, realism, conflicts of values, Hume, Bernard Williams

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The Dworkin–Williams Debate: Liberty, Conceptual Integrity, and Tragic Conflict in Politics

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 109 (1): 3–29. 2024. doi:10.1111/phpr.13002

By reconstructing the little-known Dworkin-Williams debate over whether political concepts like liberty and equality can and should be reconciled to avoid conflict, the article explores the nature of political values, the limits of philosophical intervention in politics, the challenge of pluralism, and the conditions for political legitimacy in the face of inevitable conflict and loss.

conceptual engineering, legitimacy, political realism, pluralism, Williams, conceptual change

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