This article provides a conceptual map of the debate on ideal and non‐ideal theory. It
argues that this debate encompasses a number of different questions, which have not been …

Political PhilosoPhy is ambivalent about the use of moDels. for almost fifty years one model—
the original position—has been a mainstay of political philosophy. From their nearly half …

To date there is no systematic exploration of the concept of 'political feasibility'. We believe
that feasibility is a central issue for political philosophy, conceptually as well as practically …

Many countries have attempted to transition to democracy following conflict or repression,
but the basic meaning of transitional justice remains hotly contested. In this book, Colleen …

Do we have positive duties to help others in need or are our moral duties only negative,
focused on not harming them? Are any of the former positive duties, duties of justice that …

When interest in political realism started to resurge a few years ago, it was not uncommon to
interpret realist political theory as a form of non-ideal theorising. This reading has been …

It is common in political theory and practice to challenge normatively ambitious proposals by
saying that their fulfillment is not feasible. But there has been insufficient conceptual …

I present an analysis of feasibility that generalizes the economic concept of a production
possibility frontier and develop a model of the feasibility frontier using the familiar possible …

The prevailing wisdom among political philosophers claims that political ideals provide
normative guidance for unjust and otherwise nonideal circumstances. This article has two …

" This book challenges the dominant approach to problems of justice in global normative
theory and offers a radical alternative designed to transform our thinking about what kind of …