Political Neutrality

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Roberto Merrill

      Pages 1-21

3. General Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Neutrality and Political Liberalism

      • Richard J. Arneson

      Pages 25-43

   3. The Possibility and Desirability of Neutrality

      • Peter de Marneffe

      Pages 44-56

   4. Perfectionist Neutrality

      • Steven Wall

      Pages 57-82

   5. Expressive Neutrality

      • Kwame Anthony Appiah

      Pages 83-96

   6. Neutrality toward Non-controversial Conceptions of the Good Life

      • Ruwen Ogien

      Pages 97-108

   7. Consequential Neutrality Revivified

      • Simon Clarke

      Pages 109-121

4. Specific Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. Neutrality and Liberal Pluralism

      • George Crowder

      Pages 125-143

   3. Perfectionism and Democracy

      • George Sher

      Pages 144-158

   4. Neutrality, Public Reason and Deliberative Democracy

      • Colin M. Macleod

      Pages 159-177

   5. A New Approach to Equality

      • Christine Sypnowich

      Pages 178-209

5. Back Matter

   Pages 210-224

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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.

• Neutrality
• perfectionism
• Rawls
• justice
• paternalism
• public reason
• democracy
• political liberalism
• value pluralism
• equality
• John Rawls
• political theory

• University of Minho, Portugal

  Roberto Merrill

• McGill University, Canada

  Daniel Weinstock

K. Anthony Appiah is Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University, USA Richard J. Arneson is a professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of California, San Diego, USA Simon Clarke is Associate Professor at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh George Crowder is Professor in the School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Peter de Marneffe is Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University, USA Colin M. Macleod is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Victoria, Canada Ruwen Ogien is Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, France George Sher is Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Philosophy at Rice University, USA Christine Sypnowich is Professor of Philosophy at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Steven Wall is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, USA

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