Utopia and Pluralism
Demanding Too Much in the Name of Justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3971194 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allyn Fives (0000-0002-7435-2397, National University of Ireland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 371-388 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The European Legacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10848770.2020.1715099 |
| OpenAlex | W3003194037 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
In recent literature on utopianism, in particular non-ideal and realist work, the distinction between scepticism and non-scepticism has been to the fore. The main concern of this article, in contrast, is to show the importance of the distinction between pluralist and monist approaches. Firstly, pluralists can identify when utopian projects are guilty of demanding too much even when those projects are, all things considered, legitimate. Secondly, monists are unable to discern such prima facie wrongs, even when monism is combined with a sceptical critique of ideal theory. I advance this argument through a novel reading of Judith Shklar’s work, specifically her arguments concerning Rousseauian utopianism. In sharp contrast to the prevailing view in the literature, I maintain that the pluralism and scepticism of her early work is replaced by a monist scepticism in her mature work, a transformation that itself demonstrates the benefits of pluralism over (sceptical) monism
Aesthetics · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Political science · Sociology · Utopia · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Religious studies
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
A Theory of Justice
ONE. The Liberalism of Fear
Ethical Consistency
The Practice of Liberal Pluralism
Contingency, Confidence, and Liberalism in the Political Thought of Bernard Williams
The Tyranny of the Ideal
In the Beginning Was the Deed
Isaiah Berlin
Hope and Memory in the Thought of Judith Shklar
Pluralism and Liberalism
Legalism
After Utopia
Equality and Partiality
The three worlds of welfare capitalism
Justice Uncertain
Realism without Illusions
From Scepticism to Liberalism? Bernard Williams, the Foundations of Liberalism and Political Realism
Playing Kant at the Court of King Arthur
Justice in Ideal Theory
Realism in political theory
Judith Shklar, Bernard Williams and political realism
Doubt and commitment
American citizenship
Judith Shklar on the Philosophy of International Criminal Law
Rousseau's Images of Authority
The Law of Peoples
Totalitarianism and justice
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |