Daskal, StephenJordan, HollyLawrence, JenniferMatheis, Christian2021-08-272021-08-272012-04-01Daskal, S., 2012. A Contextual Approach to Political Philosophy. Spectra, 2(1). DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v2i1.222http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104769My aims in this paper are to describe and motivate the adoption of what I call a contextual approach to political philosophy. I will first provide a brief characterization of contextualism. I will then contrast contextualism against more common approaches to political philosophy, which I call idealist or schematic, and indicate the problems I see with those approaches and the relative advantages of contextualism. By doing this, I hope to demonstrate the need for further work exploring the possibilities of contextualism.18 pages190 KBapplication/pdfapplication/htmenCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalArticle - RefereedDaskal, StephenVirginia Techhttp://doi.org/10.21061/spectra.v2i1.222212162-8793