Available at SSRN: If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 212 448 2500 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday. This page was processed by aws-apollo5 in 0.172 seconds, Using the URL or DOI link below will ensure access to this page indefinitely. Keywords: realism and moralism in political theory, method in political theory, ideology, Suggested Citation: Posted: 26 Jan 2015 We illustrate that contention by identifying two specific kinds of what we call pluralism slippery slopes, i.e. Rossi, Enzo, Being Realistic and Demanding the Impossible (January 3, 2015).

Last revised: 31 Jan 2015. (November 13, 2013). In this paper I address those questions. In this paper we provide an analysis of one important aspect of political communication, the use of slippery slope arguments, and show that the fact of pluralism weakens the agonists’ case for contestation as a sufficient ingredient for appropriately democratic public discourse. This page was processed by aws-apollo5 in. My analysis points towards the conclusion that liberalism as a unified political tradition is an ideological construct; but I also aim to show how that shouldn't lead us to underestimate the importance of articulating its philosophical foundations, insofar as normative political theory can inform real political decisions, up to and including our overall allegiance to a political tradition.
Enzo Rossi, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, 15578, 1001 NB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

My main aim is to assuage some worries about realism’s alleged conservative tendencies.

To learn more, visit our Cookies page. Suggested Citation, ResidenzschlossDarmstadt, Hesse D-64289Germany, Department of Political ScienceOudezijds Achterburgwal 237Amsterdam, 1012 DLNetherlands, HOME PAGE: http://uva.academia.edu/EnzoRossi, Subscribe to this free journal for more curated articles on this topic, Political Theory: Political Philosophy eJournal, Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic, We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content.By continuing, you agree to the use of cookies. Ferretti, Maria Paola and Rossi, Enzo, Pluralism Slippery Slopes and Democratic Public Discourse (October 9, 2013). See all articles by Enzo Rossi Enzo Rossi.

Characterising realism by contrasting it with moralism leaves open several questions to do with realism’s practical import. See all articles by Enzo Rossi Enzo Rossi. Abstract . Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, Forthcoming, 32 Pages Join Facebook to connect with Enzo Rossi and others you may know. Abstract. Abstract. To learn more, visit our Cookies page. Tritt Facebook bei, um dich mit Enzo Rossi und anderen Nutzern, die du kennst, zu vernetzen. Date Written: November 13, 2013.

This page was processed by aws-apollo1 in 0.190 seconds, Using the URL or DOI link below will ensure access to this page indefinitely. If political judgment is not to be derived — exclusively or at all — from pre-political moral commitments, what scope is there for genuinely normative political thinking? Most attempts to make sense of liberalism as a unified tradition have focused on its theoretical foundations or normative commitments. Enzo Rossi.

Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 212 448 2500 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday. Posted: 15 Jan 2014. Available at SSRN: If you need immediate assistance, call 877-SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or +1 212 448 2500 outside of the United States, 8:30AM to 6:00PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday. mechanisms whereby pluralism reinforces the efficacy of slippery slope arguments.

Characterising realism by contrasting it with moralism leaves open several questions to do with realism’s practical import. Rossi, Enzo, Is There Such a Thing as Liberalism? Enzo Rossi is on Facebook. Keywords: agonism, realism, deliberative democracy, pluralism, slippery slope arguments, Suggested Citation:

Most attempts to make sense of liberalism as a unified tradition have focused on its theoretical foundations or normative commitments. Suggested Citation, Department of Political ScienceOudezijds Achterburgwal 237Amsterdam, 1012 DLNetherlands, HOME PAGE: http://uva.academia.edu/EnzoRossi, Subscribe to this free journal for more curated articles on this topic, Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic, Political Theory: Political Philosophy eJournal, We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content.By continuing, you agree to the use of cookies. Enzo Rossi ist bei Facebook.

Last revised: 14 Oct 2013. Keywords: liberalism, liberal legitimacy, political realism, political idealism, ideology, Suggested Citation:

Date Written: October 9, 2013. University of Amsterdam. There are 100+ professionals named "Enzo Rossi", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Date Written: January 3, 2015. View the profiles of professionals named "Enzo Rossi" on LinkedIn. This page was processed by aws-apollo5 in 0.156 seconds, Using the URL or DOI link below will ensure access to this page indefinitely. Suggested Citation, Department of Political ScienceOudezijds Achterburgwal 237Amsterdam, 1012 DLNetherlands, HOME PAGE: http://uva.academia.edu/EnzoRossi, Subscribe to this free journal for more curated articles on this topic, Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic, Political Theory: Political Philosophy eJournal, Political Theory: History of Political Thought eJournal, We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content.By continuing, you agree to the use of cookies. To see how that may be the case one needs to characterise realism by contrasting it with both non-ideal theory and utopianism. This paper rejects that approach by advancing two related claims: (i) the unity of liberalism amounts just to a roughly and readily identifiable political tradition, whereas (ii) its philosophical foundations are conceptually irreconciliable, despite some genealogical common ground.

University of Amsterdam. 9 Pages Email: e.rossi@uva.nl Search for more papers by this author In the first section I argue that we can make sense of the existence of a liberal tradition in politics despite the deep disagreements on the nature and justification of liberalism in philosophy. Join Facebook to connect with Enzo Rossi and others you may know.

21 Pages And even if there is some scope for political normativity, does realism’s reliance on interpretations of political practices condemn it to some form of status quo bias?
This page was processed by aws-apollo5 in. In a nutshell, realism differs from non- ideal theory because it need not be concerned with feasibility constraints, and it differs from utopianism because it eschews detailed blueprints of the perfect polity. To learn more, visit our Cookies page.

Written by: Enzo Rossi All articles by Enzo Rossi For those in Red Square, the Winter Palace is not in Amsterdam, but in the Dutch seat of government. Then, in the second section, I canvass a new — part-conceptual and part-genealogical — account of the key theoretical fault-lines between liberals, and show that those faultlines are unbridgeable.