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Ideology Critique Without Morality: A Radical Realist ApproachAmerican Political Science Review 117 (4): 1215-1227. 2023.What is the point of ideology critique? Prominent Anglo-American philosophers recently proposed novel arguments for the view that ideology critique is moral critique, and ideologies are flawed insofar as they contribute to injustice or oppression. We criticize that view and make the case for an alternative and more empirically-oriented approach, grounded in epistemic rather than moral commitments. We make two related claims: (i) ideology critique can debunk beliefs and practices by uncovering ho…Read more
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Political NormativityPolitical Studies Review. forthcoming.Do salient normative claims about politics require moral premises? Political moralists think they do, political realists think they do not. We defend the viability of realism in a two-pronged way. First, we show that a number of recent attacks on realism, as well as realist responses to those attacks, unduly conflate distinctively political normativity and non-moral political normativity. Second, we argue that Alex Worsnip and Jonathan Leader-Maynard’s recent attack on realist arguments for a di…Read more
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University of AmsterdamRegular Faculty
University of St. Andrews
PhD, 2008
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy |