RT Article T1 A Contextual Approach to Political Theory JF Ethical theory and moral practice VO 7 IS 2 SP 117 OP 132 A1 Carens, Joseph H. LA English PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V YR 2004 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785693050 AB This article explores the advantages of using a range of actual cases in doing political theory. This sort of approach clarifies what is at stake in alternative theoretical formulations, draws attention to the wisdom that may be embedded in existing practices, and encourages theorists to confront challenges they might otherwise overlook and to think through the implications of their accounts more fully. K1 Walzer K1 reflective disequilibrium K1 Practice K1 Kymlicka K1 Culture K1 contextual political theory K1 Cases DO 10.1023/B:ETTA.0000032761.25298.23