David Estlund

A leading political theorist's groundbreaking defence of ideal conceptions of justice in political philosophy. Throughout the history of political philosophy and politics, there has been continual debate about the roles of idealism versus realism. For contemporary political philosophy, this debate manifests in notions of ideal theory versus nonideal theory. Nonideal thinkers shift their focus from theorising about full social justice,...

A leading political theorist's groundbreaking defence of ideal conceptions of justice in political philosophy. Throughout the history of political philosophy and politics, there has been continual debate about the roles of idealism versus realism. For contemporary political philosophy, this debate manifests in notions of ideal theory versus nonideal theory. Nonideal thinkers shift their focus from theorising about full social justice,...