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View article: Algorithmic Fairness and Feasibility
Algorithmic Fairness and Feasibility Open
The “impossibility results” in algorithmic fairness suggest that a predictive model cannot fully meet two common fairness criteria – sufficiency and separation – except under extraordinary circumstances. These findings have sparked a discu…
View article: The Democratic Challenges in Global Governance of AI
The Democratic Challenges in Global Governance of AI Open
Artificial intelligence is bound to have a significant impact on societies and global politics. Given that everyone is affected by the advent of AI technology, its development and deployment should arguably be under democratic control. Thi…
View article: Why Normative Behaviourism Does Not Improve Political Realism
Why Normative Behaviourism Does Not Improve Political Realism Open
Focusing on ‘real actions’ of ‘real people’, normative behaviourism turns facts about observable patterns of behaviour into grounds for specific normative political principles. For this reason, this way of doing normative political theory …
View article: The Importance and Limitation of Epistemic Norms in Political Theory
The Importance and Limitation of Epistemic Norms in Political Theory Open
One recent debate in political theory centers on the question of whether there is a distinctively political normativity. According to an influential view, there is a distinctive set of norms that applies specifically to political actions a…
View article: Forum on Heikki Patomäki’s <i>World Statehood: The Future of World Politics</i>
Forum on Heikki Patomäki’s <i>World Statehood: The Future of World Politics</i> Open
In this forum, six scholars discuss Heikki Patomäki’s book World Statehood: The Future of World Politics, published in 2023. The editor’s introduction situates it in the discursive contexts of cosmopolitanism, deep history and functional d…
View article: The Role of Moral Norms in Political Theory
The Role of Moral Norms in Political Theory Open
In the recent debate on political normativity in political philosophy, two positions have emerged among so-called political realists. On the first ‘non-moral’ view, political normativity is understood as orthogonal to moral normativity. On…
View article: The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Next Steps for Empirical and Normative Research
The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Next Steps for Empirical and Normative Research Open
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a technological upheaval with the potential to change human society. Because of its transformative potential, AI is increasingly becoming subject to regulatory initiatives at the global level. Yet, s…
View article: The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Next Steps for Empirical and Normative Research
The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Next Steps for Empirical and Normative Research Open
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a technological upheaval with the potential to change human society. Because of its transformative potential, AI is increasingly becoming subject to regulatory initiatives at the global level. Yet, s…
View article: Does Normative Behaviourism Offer an Alternative Methodology in Political Theory?
Does Normative Behaviourism Offer an Alternative Methodology in Political Theory? Open
A central distinction for Jonathan Floyd is that between the traditional method of pursuing political theory conducted by mainstream theorists, which he calls ‘mentalism’, and his suggested method, so-called ‘normative behaviourism’. While…
View article: What is distinctive of political normativity? From domain view to role view
What is distinctive of political normativity? From domain view to role view Open
In the last couple of years, increased attention has been directed at the question of whether there is such a thing as a distinctively political normativity. With few exceptions, this question has so far only been explored by political rea…
View article: Artificial Intelligence and the Political Legitimacy of Global Governance
Artificial Intelligence and the Political Legitimacy of Global Governance Open
Although the concept of “AI governance” is frequently used in the debate, it is still rather undertheorized. Often it seems to refer to the mechanisms and structures needed to avoid “bad” outcomes and achieve “good” outcomes with regard to…
View article: Distinctively political normativity in political theory
Distinctively political normativity in political theory Open
Recent years' literature on distinctively political normativity raises methodological and meta‐theoretical concerns of importance for political theory. The aim of this article is to identify and critically examine the main positions in thi…
View article: The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Some Normative Concerns
The Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Some Normative Concerns Open
The creation of increasingly complex artificial intelligence (AI) systems raises urgent questions about their ethical and social impact on society. Since this impact ultimately depends on political decisions about normative issues, politic…
View article: On the Relationship between Global Justice and Global Democracy: A Three-Layered View
On the Relationship between Global Justice and Global Democracy: A Three-Layered View Open
How should we understand the relationship between global justice and global democracy? One popular view is captured by the aphorism “No global justice without global democracy.” According to Dryzek and Tanasoca's reading of this aphorism, …
View article: Distinctively Political Normativity in Political Realism: Unattractive or Redundant
Distinctively Political Normativity in Political Realism: Unattractive or Redundant Open
Political realists’ rejection of the so-called ‘ethics first’ approach of political moralists (mainstream liberals), has raised concerns about their own source of normativity. Some realists have responded to such concerns by theorizing a d…
View article: A World of Possibilities: The Place of Feasibility in Political Theory
A World of Possibilities: The Place of Feasibility in Political Theory Open
Although the discussion about feasibility in political theory is still in its infancy, some important progress has been made in the last years to advance our understanding. In this paper, we intend to make a contribution to this growing li…
View article: Global democracy and feasibility
Global democracy and feasibility Open
While methodological and metatheoretical questions pertaining to feasibility have been intensively discussed in the philosophical literature on justice in recent years, these discussions have not permeated the debate on global democracy. T…
View article: Does Global Democracy Require a World State?
Does Global Democracy Require a World State? Open
The question of whether global democracy requires a world state has with few exceptions been answered with an unequivocal 'No'. A world state, it is typically argued, is neither feasible nor desirable. Instead, different forms of global go…
View article: The Political Legitimacy of Global Governance and the Proper Role of Civil Society Actors
The Political Legitimacy of Global Governance and the Proper Role of Civil Society Actors Open
In this paper, two claims are made. The main claim is that a fruitful approach for theorizing the political legitimacy of global governance and the proper normative role of civil society actors is the so-called 'function-sensitive' approac…