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Philosophizing the Indefensible: Reply to Critics

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Analyse & Kritik
From the journal Analyse & Kritik Volume 46 Issue 2

Abstract

This essay responds to the central critiques of Philosophizing the Indefensible advanced by Nuti, Kapelner, and Garcia-Gibson. Nuti and Kapelner pose general challenges to the strategic method driving the book. Garcia-Gibson focuses on this method’s application to green energy policies. I explain why I believe that both the general account of strategic theorizing presented in the book and its specific green-energy arguments withstand the critics’ scrutiny.

Keywords: right-wing populism; Donald Trump; abortion; Benjamin Netanyahu; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; strategic political theory
Corresponding author: Shmuel Nili, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, E-mail:

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Published Online: 2024-11-22
Published in Print: 2024-11-26

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Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Focus: Shmuel Nili, Philosophizing the Indefensible: Strategic Political Theory
  3. Précis of Philosophizing the Indefensible
  4. Should we Distinguish Between Repugnant and Non-Repugnant Unreasonable Views?
  5. Property Rights, Fossil Fuel Imports, and Climate Change
  6. Civic Friendship, the Burdens of Politics, and the Ethics of Attention
  7. Philosophizing the Indefensible: Reply to Critics
  8. General Part
  9. What Can Historicising Rawls Achieve?
  10. Can Two Opposing Narratives Be Equally Valid? Reflections on Zreik’s Reflections on the War in Gaza
  11. Just Independence Wars and the October 7th Massacre
  12. Past, Present, and Future: A Reply to Heyd and Benbaji
  13. Proportionality and Necessity in Israel’s Invasion of Gaza, 2023–2024
  14. Discussion
  15. Response to My Critics
https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2024-2021
Keywords for this article
right-wing populism; Donald Trump; abortion; Benjamin Netanyahu; Israeli–Palestinian conflict; strategic political theory

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Focus: Shmuel Nili, Philosophizing the Indefensible: Strategic Political Theory
  3. Précis of Philosophizing the Indefensible
  4. Should we Distinguish Between Repugnant and Non-Repugnant Unreasonable Views?
  5. Property Rights, Fossil Fuel Imports, and Climate Change
  6. Civic Friendship, the Burdens of Politics, and the Ethics of Attention
  7. Philosophizing the Indefensible: Reply to Critics
  8. General Part
  9. What Can Historicising Rawls Achieve?
  10. Can Two Opposing Narratives Be Equally Valid? Reflections on Zreik’s Reflections on the War in Gaza
  11. Just Independence Wars and the October 7th Massacre
  12. Past, Present, and Future: A Reply to Heyd and Benbaji
  13. Proportionality and Necessity in Israel’s Invasion of Gaza, 2023–2024
  14. Discussion
  15. Response to My Critics
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