Can real actions justify realist principles?: Normative behaviourism as a member of the realist family

Jonathan Floyd

doi:10.1080/13698230.2022.2120656

Can real actions justify realist principles? Normative behaviourism as a member of the realist family

Jonathan Floyd

School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies

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Abstract

If Alison McQueen is right that there is a broad ‘family’ of realist approaches to political theory, then it follows there are several ways of ‘doing’ realism, as illustrated by this collection. Here, I set out one such way, normative behaviourism, by explaining its realist character on four fronts: Its starting point; its values; its ambitions; and its treatment of a shared problem. The argument then considers two key objections to the described approach, both of which affect a range of possible realisms.

Original language	English
Journal	Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2120656
Publication status	Published - 16 Sept 2022

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