Robert B. Talisse is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Vanderbilt University. His research specialization is political philosophy, with emphasis on dem
The Democrats are presently courting electoral disaster. Not only is the field of those seeking the Party’s 2020 nomination heavily populated and expanding by the week, but those already in the ring, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, seem to be configured in what former President Obama recently
According to a familiar diagnosis, contemporary democracy is plagued by partisan divisions. In the United States and elsewhere, these have become so severe that officials and citizens who do not share a party affiliation cannot find any common ground whatsoever. Thus they cannot compromise, cooperate, or even productively communicate with