Kevin Vallier is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University, whose research focuses in political philosophy, normative ethics, political economy, and philosophy of religion. Vallier is the author of Liberal Politics and Public Faith: Beyond Separation (Routledge, 2014) and Must Politics Be War? In Defense of Public Reason Liberalism, forthcoming with Oxford University Press.Michael Weber is Professor of Philosophy, and Department Chair, at Bowling Green State University. He has published on a wide variety of topics in ethics and political philosophy, including rational choice theory, ethics and the emotions, and egalitarianism. He has also co-edited with Christian Coons three edited volumes on topics in applied ethics: Paternalism (Cambridge University Press), Manipulation (Oxford University Press), and The Ethics of Self-Defense (Oxford University Press).

This is a compelling representative of a positive trend in social and political philosophy: the exploration of the space between the extremes of idealism and realism. The idea motivating this collection is that there is more than one way to mix ideal and non-ideal elements in one's political theorizing. Each contributor marks a different point on a continuum, with David Estlund's contribution on prime justice the most idealistic and David Wiens's the most realistic ... All in all, this book contains an impressively wide range of views while still retaining a set of linked themes

• List of Contributors Introduction Kevin Vallier and Michael Weber 1. On the Messy "Utopophobia vs Factophobia" Controversy: A Systematization and AssessmentLaura Valentini 2. Prime JusticeDavid Estlund 3. Can Non-Ideal Theories of Justice Guide Action?Robert Talisse 4. Why Public Reasoning Involves Ideal TheorizingBlain Neufeld 5. Justice and Feasibility: A Dynamic ApproachPablo Gilabert 6. Political Functionalism and the Importance of Social FactsAlex Guerrero 7. Will the Real Principles of Justice Please Stand Up?David Wiens 8. Searching for the Ideal: The Fundamental Diversity DilemmaGerald Gaus and Keith Hankins 9. The Need for Non-Ideal Theory: A Case Study in Deliberative DemocracyDanielle Wenner 10. When is Non-Ideal Theory too Ideal? Adaptive Preferences, Children, and Ideal TheoryRosa Terlazzo

Kevin Vallier is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University, whose research focuses in political philosophy, normative ethics, political economy, and philosophy of religion. Vallier is the author of Liberal Politics and Public Faith: Beyond Separation (Routledge, 2014) and Must Politics Be War? In Defense of Public Reason Liberalism, forthcoming with Oxford University Press.Michael Weber is Professor of Philosophy, and Department Chair, at Bowling Green State University. He has published on a wide variety of topics in ethics and political philosophy, including rational choice theory, ethics and the emotions, and egalitarianism. He has also co-edited with Christian Coons three edited volumes on topics in applied ethics: Paternalism (Cambridge University Press), Manipulation (Oxford University Press), and The Ethics of Self-Defense (Oxford University Press).

This is a compelling representative of a positive trend in social and political philosophy: the exploration of the space between the extremes of idealism and realism. The idea motivating this collection is that there is more than one way to mix ideal and non-ideal elements in one's political theorizing. Each contributor marks a different point on a continuum, with David Estlund's contribution on prime justice the most idealistic and David Wiens's the most realistic ... All in all, this book contains an impressively wide range of views while still retaining a set of linked themes

• List of Contributors Introduction Kevin Vallier and Michael Weber 1. On the Messy "Utopophobia vs Factophobia" Controversy: A Systematization and AssessmentLaura Valentini 2. Prime JusticeDavid Estlund 3. Can Non-Ideal Theories of Justice Guide Action?Robert Talisse 4. Why Public Reasoning Involves Ideal TheorizingBlain Neufeld 5. Justice and Feasibility: A Dynamic ApproachPablo Gilabert 6. Political Functionalism and the Importance of Social FactsAlex Guerrero 7. Will the Real Principles of Justice Please Stand Up?David Wiens 8. Searching for the Ideal: The Fundamental Diversity DilemmaGerald Gaus and Keith Hankins 9. The Need for Non-Ideal Theory: A Case Study in Deliberative DemocracyDanielle Wenner 10. When is Non-Ideal Theory too Ideal? Adaptive Preferences, Children, and Ideal TheoryRosa Terlazzo

Kevin Vallier is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University, whose research focuses in political philosophy, normative ethics, political economy, and philosophy of religion. Vallier is the author of Liberal Politics and Public Faith: Beyond Separation (Routledge, 2014) and Must Politics Be War? In Defense of Public Reason Liberalism, forthcoming with Oxford University Press.Michael Weber is Professor of Philosophy, and Department Chair, at Bowling Green State University. He has published on a wide variety of topics in ethics and political philosophy, including rational choice theory, ethics and the emotions, and egalitarianism. He has also co-edited with Christian Coons three edited volumes on topics in applied ethics: Paternalism (Cambridge University Press), Manipulation (Oxford University Press), and The Ethics of Self-Defense (Oxford University Press).

This is a compelling representative of a positive trend in social and political philosophy: the exploration of the space between the extremes of idealism and realism. The idea motivating this collection is that there is more than one way to mix ideal and non-ideal elements in one's political theorizing. Each contributor marks a different point on a continuum, with David Estlund's contribution on prime justice the most idealistic and David Wiens's the most realistic ... All in all, this book contains an impressively wide range of views while still retaining a set of linked themes

• List of Contributors Introduction Kevin Vallier and Michael Weber 1. On the Messy "Utopophobia vs Factophobia" Controversy: A Systematization and AssessmentLaura Valentini 2. Prime JusticeDavid Estlund 3. Can Non-Ideal Theories of Justice Guide Action?Robert Talisse 4. Why Public Reasoning Involves Ideal TheorizingBlain Neufeld 5. Justice and Feasibility: A Dynamic ApproachPablo Gilabert 6. Political Functionalism and the Importance of Social FactsAlex Guerrero 7. Will the Real Principles of Justice Please Stand Up?David Wiens 8. Searching for the Ideal: The Fundamental Diversity DilemmaGerald Gaus and Keith Hankins 9. The Need for Non-Ideal Theory: A Case Study in Deliberative DemocracyDanielle Wenner 10. When is Non-Ideal Theory too Ideal? Adaptive Preferences, Children, and Ideal TheoryRosa Terlazzo