nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190211-220629-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 190124s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190211-220629-0 doi eng 342 23 Arrighi, Jean-Thomas Author aut On the Risk of Trying to Kill “Seven at a Blow” Arrighi, Jean-Thomas Verfassungsblog 2019-01-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier I agree with Dora that political theorists should not be afraid of radicalism, as long as the proposed reform effectively achieves clearly defined and desirable goals (the utilitarian test) and is consistent with fundamental norms (the principled approach). Richard Bellamy already pointed to the potentially negative consequences of what he describes as a form of “mushroom reasoning” on some of the core principles underlying the European project, such as that of reciprocity. While I broadly share Richard’s conclusion, my main concern here is that Dora’s proposal may not entirely satisfy the utilitarian test requirements. In other words, instead of killing seven flies at a blow, it may end up killing none. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Citizenship European Union union citizenship Unionsbürgerschaft Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/on-the-risk-of-trying-to-kill-seven-at-a-blow/ raw object