Advances in Experimental Political Philosophy

Political philosophy asks questions of great importance to our lives, both as individuals and members of political communities: What is justice? What does the state owe to its citizens? Under which conditions are different forms of government likely to be stable? The relevance of empirical research to such questions, however, has been largely underexplored. Introducing experimental political philosophy as a burgeoning field of inquiry, this volume brings together leading scholars using empirical methods to shed light on questions of justice and politics, and encourages them to reflect on the relationship of their methodologies to less empirically-focused approaches. Chapters cover traditional topics including distributive justice, egalitarianism, property rights, and healthcare justice, as well as outlining new directions and applications, such as the problem of misogynistic extremist movements, the public justification of immigration enforcement, and the relationship between gender norms and support for care labor organizing. The result is a unique collection that paves the way for further debates in the field and meaningful reflection on what it means for political philosophy to be empirically informed.>

Préface
Brings together cutting-edge research on the use of empirical scientific methods to illuminate traditional and contemporary issues in political philosophy.

Auteur
Matthew Lindauer is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center, USA.

Contenu
Introduction, Matthew Lindauer (Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center, USA) Part I. Traditional Issues in Political Philosophy with an Empirical Approach 1. Corruption, Shared Expectations, and Social Dilemmas, Cristina Bicchieri, (University of Pennsylvania, USA), Raj Patel (University of Pennsylvania, USA), and Leena Koni Hoffmann (Chatham House) 2. Rules, Risk and Agreement, Justin Bruner (University of Arizona, USA) 3. Does Equality Matter for Its Own Sake? An Experimental Examination of the Leveling Down Objection, Christopher Freiman (College of William and Mary, USA) and Adam Lerner (New York University, USA) 4. What Does Labor Mixing Get You?, Shaun Nichols (Cornell University, USA) and John Thrasher (Chapman University, USA) 5. Segregation and the Portfolio Theory of Identity, Ryan Muldoon (SUNY Buffalo, USA) 6. Empirical Philosophy: How Engaging with Empirical Evidence Is Important for Theory as Well as Practice, Nicole Hassoun (Binghamton University, USA) 7. How Do People Balance Death against Lesser Burdens?, Veronika Luptakova and Alex Voorhoeve (London School of Economics, UK) Part II. New Directions 8. Automated Psycholinguistic Analysis of the Anglophone Manosphere, Mark Alfano (Macquarie University, Australia), Joanne Byrne (La Trobe University, Australia), and Joshua Roose (Deakin University, Australia) 9. Experimental Immigration Ethics, Mollie Gerver (King's College London, UK), Dominik Duell (University of Innsbruck, Austria), Patrick Lown (University of Essex, UK) 10. Love vs. Money: Understanding Unique Challenges in Care Workers' Labor Organizing, Grace Flores-Robles (CUNY Graduate Center, USA) and Ana P. Gantman (Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center, USA) 11. Experimental Political Philosophy: A Manifesto, John Thrasher (Chapman University, USA) Index