Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; R.Merrill PART I: GENERAL APPROACHES 1. Neutrality and Political Liberalism; R.Arneson 2. The Possibility and Desirability of Neutrality; P.De Marneffe 3. Perfectionist Neutrality; S.Wall 4. Expressive Neutrality; K.A.Appiah 5. Neutrality Toward Non-Controversial Conceptions of the Good Life; R.Ogien 6. Consequential Neutrality Revivified; S.Clarke PART II: SPECIFIC ISSUES 7. Neutrality and Liberal Pluralism; G.Crowder 8. Perfectionism and Democracy; G.Sher 9. Neutrality, Public Reason and Deliberative Democracy; C.M.Macleod 10. A New Approach to Equality; C.Sypnowich Index
Synopsis
The topic of neutrality on the good is linked rather closely to the ideal of political liberalism as formulated by John Rawls. Here internationally renowned authors, in several cases among the most prominent names to be found in contemporary political theory, present a collection of ten essays on the idea of liberal neutrality.