Roberto Merrill & Daniel Weinstock 
Political Neutrality 
A Re-evaluation

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.

Table of Content

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

About the author

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