Against Perfectionism : Defending Liberal Neutrality.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THREE CLASSIC CONTROVERSIES -- 1 Putting Up with Heresy -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Contractual Argument -- 1.3 Proast on Locke -- 1.4 Contractualism and Abstraction in Liberal Political Morality -- 1.5 Conclusion -- 2 Freedom for Eccentrics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Liberty Principle -- 2.3 Stephen on Mill -- 2.4 Stephen Examined -- 2.5 A Utilitarian Defence of Liberalism? -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3 Is Prostitution Unpatriotic? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Devlin's Disintegration Thesis -- 3.3 Hart on Devlin -- 3.4 A Communitarian Reinterpretation of the Disintegration Thesis? -- 3.5 Conclusion -- PART TWO: LIBERALISM TODAY -- 4 Should Liberals Be Perfectionists? -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Well-Being and Personal Autonomy -- 4.3 Practical Reason, Value, and Authority -- 4.4 Moral Pluralism and the Harm Principle -- 4.5 Raz's Harm Principle Examined -- 4.6 Perfectionism and Politics -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5 The Continuity Thesis -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Challenge Model of Ethics -- 5.3 The Challenge Model Examined -- 5.4 Desert Island Contractualism? The Auction and Neutrality -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 Contract Killing: A Critique -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Reflexivity Thesis -- 6.3 Two Concepts of Reasonableness -- 6.4 How to Defend Neutrality -- 6.5 Conclusion -- PART THREE: DEFENDING LIBERAL NEUTRALITY -- 7 Democratic Equality -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Moral Equality -- 7.3 Democracy -- 7.4 Democracy and Contractualism -- 7.5 Conclusion -- 8 Against the Epistemic Turn -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Society as a Fair System of Cooperation -- 8.3 The 'Reasonable' in Rawls -- 8.4 Scanlon's Contractualism -- 8.5 Conclusion -- 9 Beyond the Basic Structure -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The Argument Revisited -- 9.3 The Scope of Neutrality -- 9.4 Conclusion: The Place of Neutrality.

10 How Political Is the Personal? -- 10.1 The Moral Division of Labour -- 10.2 The Socialist and Feminist Critiques -- 10.3 The Institutional Approach Defended -- 10.4 Justice and Economic Incentives -- 10.5 Justice and the Family -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Against Perfectionismdefends neutralist liberalism as the most appropriate political morality for democratic societies.

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