@inbook{39c30f6861f548ca802b83f2db3a3ffb,
title = "Dreams of a Final Normative Theory: An Essay on the Changing Role of Utopia in Contemporary Political Thought",
abstract = "It seems to be a natural task for any normative social theory to provide an account of the basic structure of a political community in which human beings can flourish. To the extent that this structure represents an ideal, it also seems natural to interpret normative social theory as a rationally grounded utopia. Nevertheless, it is a striking feature of contemporary practical philosophy that “being utopistic” often counts as a criticism about any normative project, while the popularity of dystopias representing the gloomy future of human societies grows. The chapter is an attempt to understand this phenomenon from the perspective of ethics and philosophy in general.",
keywords = "Dystopia, Explanation, Happiness, Ideals, Normative theory, Rights, Utopia",
author = "Ferenc Huoranszki",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.",
year = "2025",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-89913-3\_4",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-031-89912-6",
series = "Palgrave Studies in Utopianism",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "55--72",
editor = "Zsolt Czig{\'a}nyik and Iva Dimovska",
booktitle = "Utopia and Democracy",
}