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 …

How do multinationals choose which countries to invest in? This study addresses the
essential question of the impact of regulatory variables in attracting or deterring foreign …

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 …

It being my intention to write a thing which shall be useful to him who apprehends it, it
appears to me more appropriate to follow up the real truth of a matter than the imagination of …

Hate speech law can be found throughout the world. But it is also the subject of numerous
principled arguments, both for and against. These principles invoke a host of morally …

Fidelity to the facts in political theory is often associated with a conservative slant, or at least
a tendency to prefer incremental reformism to radicalism. Political realism—both in its …

The first Polish encyclopedia, prepared in the eighteenth century by Benedykt Chmielowski,
had an entry on “horse” that informed the reader:“what a horse is everyone can see.” Ideal …

Madison Powers and Ruth Faden here develop an innovative theory of structural injustice
that links human rights norms and fairness norms. Norms of both kinds are grounded in an …

What does it mean to say that human beings think politically, and what is distinctive about
that kind of thinking? That question is all-too infrequently asked by political theorists, or is …

The charge that contemporary political theory has lost touch with the realities of politics is
common to both the recent ideal/non-ideal theory debate and the revival of interest in realist …