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The moving global Everest: A new challenge to global ideal theory as a necessary compass
Nili, Shmuel
Nili, Shmuel
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Abstract
I present a new challenge to the Rawlsian insistence on ideal theory as a compass orienting concrete policy choices. My challenge, focusing on global politics, consists of three claims. First, I contend that our global ideal can become more ambitious over time. Second, I argue that Rawlsian ideal theory’s level of ambition might change because of concrete policy choices, responding to moral failures which can be identified and resolved without ideal theory. Third, I argue that we currently face such potentially transformative choices. I conclude that these choices are analytically prior to, rather than derivative from, global ideal theory.
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method of political philosophy, non-ideal theory, global justice, natural resource trade, global reform
Date
2018
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European Journal of Political theory
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17
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1
Page Range
87-108
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