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It is common in political philosophy or in the practice of politics for a theory or a practical proposal to be criticised or rejected for not being feasible. A feasibility critique says of some normative political theory or practical proposal either that it is mistaken or that it is uninteresting or unimportant because the observance of its requirements is unfeasible. The importance of such critiques is evident in the domain of real politics. Here, it is rarely questioned that these are good grounds for the rejection of proposals; rather debates tend to centre on whether or not it is true that the proposal is unfeasible. Such critiques are similarly important in the domain of political philosophy. Here too, it is often thought that if the observance of some principle is unfeasible, then it cannot form a part of a correct (or interesting) moral (or political) theory. If this is not always made explicit it is often tacitly assumed. Such critiques have taken on additional prominence with the development of objections to what has been called 'ideal theory'. One important criticism of such theory has been that it offers recommendations or requirements that are not feasible.

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