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Preface
PART I: Doing Political Philosophy
1. 1 Realism and Moralism in Political Theory
  1. Two Models of Political Theory
  2. The First Political Question
  3. The Basic Legitimation Demand
  4. To Liberalism
  5. Summary of Considerations about the BLD
  6. The Nature and Point of the Concept of LEG
  7. The Concept of the Political
  8. Modernity and Political Representation
2. 2 What Do We Want from a Theory of Justice?
  1. The Transcendental versus the Comparative
  2. Possible Defense of a Transcendental Approach
  3. Does Transcendental Specification Yield Comparative Rankings?
  4. Is a Transcendental Theory Necessary for Comparisons of Justice?
  5. Comparatives Without Transcendence
  6. Institutional Barriers and Transcendental Silence
  7. Transcendental Localism and Global Concerns
  8. Global Perspectives, Local Interests, and Parochialism
  9. Divergence and the Feasibility of the Comparative Approach
  10. What Difference Does It Make?
3. 3 Utopophobia
  1. I Introduction
  2. II Being Realistic, and the Alternatives
  3. III The Ability/Probability Distinction
  4. IV Hopeless Aspirational Theory (Defended)
  5. V Aspiration and Concession in Ethics
  6. VI Oughts, Cans, and Groups
  7. VII Ideal Theory
  8. VIII Cohen’s View Distinguished
  9. IX Would Perfect People Need Politics?
  10. X Does “Ideal Theory” Have Concessive Components?
  11. XI What Good Is It?
4. 4 Political Political Theory
  1. I Hume on Persons versus Institutions
  2. II Choices for Political Theory
  3. III G. A. Cohen
  4. IV The Dominance of Justice
  5. V Isaiah Berlin
  6. VI Realism versus Moralism
  7. VII Topics and Principles
  8. VIII The Value of Institutions
  9. IX Even Beyond Value: Presence
  10. X Political Theory Teaching
  11. XI Beyond Oxford
  12. XII Political Theory and the Canon
  13. XIII Hume Again, and Montesquieu
PART II: State and Society
1. 5 The State
  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V
  6. VI
  7. References
2. 6 State Simplification
  1. I The State and Scientific Forestry: A Parable
  2. II Social Facts, Raw and Cooked
  3. III Popular Measures, State Measures
  4. IV Land Tenure: Local Practice and Fiscal Shorthand
  5. V Legibility and Centralization
  6. VI Conclusion
  7. References
3. 7 The Liberal State
4. 8 The Market and the Forum
  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. References
5. 9 Invoking Civil Society
PART III: Democracy
1. 10 The Public Sphere
  1. Concept
  2. History
  3. The Liberal Model of the Public Sphere
  4. The Public Sphere in Mass Welfare‐State Democracies
2. 11 Procedural Democracy
  1. I Assumptions
  2. II Criteria
  3. III The Problem of Inclusion
  4. IV Towards a Criterion of Inclusiveness
  5. V Comments
3. 12 Deliberation and Democratic Legitimacy
  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. References
4. 13 Dealing with Difference
  1. Democracy as Public Contestation
  2. Democracy Inside Social Movements
  3. Political Prescriptions for the Polity as a Whole
5. 14 A “Selection Model” of Political Representation
  1. I Introduction: Sanctions v. Selection
  2. II A Struggling Idea
  3. III Self‐Motivated Agents
  4. IV Aligned Objectives
  5. V Selection and Sorting
  6. VI Accountability and Transparency
  7. VII Non‐Hierarchical Selection
  8. VIII Homogeneity and Extended Incumbency – How Evil, Really?
  9. IX Conclusion: The Normative Side of Selection
  10. References
PART IV: Justice
1. 15 Justice as Fairness
2. 16 Nozick’s Entitlements
  1. Introduction
  2. Theories of Distributive Justice
  3. Nozick’s Argument Against Redistributive Theories
  4. Entitlement Theory
  5. Just Acquisition
  6. Locke and Nozick on Mixing Labour
  7. Locke’s Solution
  8. Procedural and Structural Theories of Distribution
3. 17 Justice Engendered
  1. I Introduction
  2. II A Case of Differences
  3. III Behind and Beyond the Dilemma
  4. IV Perspectives on Perspectives
  5. V Engendering Justice
4. 18 Political Responsibility and Structural Injustice
  1. Structural Injustice
  2. Political Responsibility
  3. Kinds and Degrees of Responsibility
5. 19 Superseding Historic Injustice
  1. I Injustice and History
  2. II The Counterfactual Approach to Reparation
  3. III The Perpetuation and Remission of Injustice
  4. IV Circumstances and Supersession
  5. V Conclusion
PART V: Rights
1. 20 Are There Any Natural Rights?
  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
2. 21 Taking Rights Seriously
  1. I The Rights of Citizens
  2. II Rights and the Right to Break the Law
  3. III Controversial Rights
  4. IV Why Take Rights Seriously?
3. 22 Basic Rights
  1. “Negative” Rights and “Positive” Rights
  2. Subsistence Rights and Scarcity
  3. Avoidance, Protection, and Aid
  4. The Generality of the Tripartite Analysis
  5. Subsistence Duties
  6. The Systematic Interdependence of Duties
4. 23 The Dark Side of Human Rights
  1. Norms, Aspirations and Cynicism
  2. State Obligations
  3. Control and Blame
5. 24 A Defense of Abortion
6. 25 Justice and Minority Rights
  1. Three Forms of Group‐Differentiated Rights
  2. The Equality Argument
  3. The Role of Historical Agreements
  4. The Value of Cultural Diversity
  5. The Analogy with States
  6. Conclusion
  7. References
PART VI: Liberty
1. 26 Two Concepts of Liberty
  1. I The Notion of ‘Negative’ Freedom
  2. II The Notion of Positive Freedom
  3. III The Retreat to the Inner Citadel
  4. IV Self‐realization
  5. V The Temple of Sarastro
  6. VI The One and the Many
2. 27 What’s Wrong with Negative Liberty?
3. 28 A Third Concept of Liberty
  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. References
4. 29 Libertarian Paternalism
  1. I Are Choices Rational?
  2. II Is Paternalism Inevitable?
  3. III Beyond the Inevitable (but Still Libertarian)
  4. IV How to Choose: The Toolbox of the Libertarian Paternalist
  5. V Conclusion
  6. References
5. 30 Political Liberalism and Religion: On Separation and Establishment
  1. I Political Liberalism, Public Reasons and The Separation‐Establishment Debate
  2. II Justice and Religion: The Inconclusiveness of Public Reason
  3. III Religious Symbols: The Indeterminacy of Public Reason
  4. IV Religious Symbols: The Republican Political Liberal View
PART VII: Equality
1. 31 Complex Equality
  1. Pluralism
  2. A Theory of Goods
  3. Dominance and Monopoly
  4. Simple Equality
  5. Tyranny and Complex Equality
  6. Three Distributive Principles
  7. Hierarchies and Caste Societies
  8. The Setting of the Argument
2. 32 Equality of What?
  1. I Utilitarian Equality
  2. II Total Utility Equality
  3. III Rawlsian Equality
  4. IV Basic Capability Equality
  5. V Concluding Remarks
3. 33 Equality and Priority
  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V
  6. VI
  7. VII
  8. VIII
4. 34 Chance, Choice, and Justice
  1. I Two Principles of Justice
  2. II Choicism
  3. III Qualified Choicism
  4. IV Anti‐choicism
  5. V Responsibility for Preferences: An Alternative Approach
  6. VI Conclusion
5. 35 What Is the Point of Equality?
  1. Justice as Equality of Fortune
  2. The Victims of Bad Option Luck
  3. The Victims of Bad Brute Luck
  4. The Ills of Luck Egalitarianism: A Diagnosis
  5. What Is the Point of Equality?
  6. Equality in the Space of Freedom: A Capabilities Approach
  7. Participation as an Equal in a System of Cooperative Production
  8. Democratic Equality, Personal Responsibility, and Paternalism
  9. The Disabled, the Ugly, and other Victims of Bad Luck
  10. Democratic Equality and the Obligations of Citizens
PART VIII: Oppression
1. 36 Power, Right, Truth
2. 37 The Domination Contract
  1. The “Contract” as Protean
  2. The Domination Contract
  3. Appropriating the Contract
  4. References
3. 38 Race, Sex, and Indifference
  1. I “Race” and Reproduction
  2. II Race and Miscegenation
  3. III White Women, Black Women
  4. IV Home and Abroad
  5. V Concluding Observations
  6. References
4. 39 Respecting Beliefs and Rebuking Rushdie
  1. Coping with Conflict
  2. Offending Sensibilities
  3. Respecting Beliefs
  4. Respect, Decency and Manner
  5. Public Order
  6. Conclusion
5. 40 The Structure of Proletarian Unfreedom
  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V
  6. VI
  7. VII
  8. VIII
  9. IX
  10. X
  11. XI
  12. XII
  13. XIII
  14. XIV
  15. XV
  16. XVI
  17. XVII
6. 41 What’s Wrong with Colonialism
  1. I
  2. II Preliminary Remarks
  3. III Acquisition and Settlement
  4. IV Legitimate States, Civilizing Missions, and Commercial Colonialism
  5. V A Cosmopolitan Critique
  6. VI Explaining the Duty to Associate
  7. VII Conditions of Association
  8. VIII The Status Quo Objection
  9. IX The Legitimate State Objection
  10. X Colonialism in the Past, Present, and Future
  11. XI Conclusion
PART IX: International Affairs
1. 42 Just War
  1. I The Justice of the Present War Examined (1939)
  2. II Mr Truman’s Degree (1957)
2. 43 National Self‐determination
  1. I Isolating the Issue
  2. II Groups
  3. III The Value of Self‐government
  4. IV A Right to Self‐determination
3. 44 The Ethical Significance of Nationality
  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V
  6. VI
4. 45 The Romance of the Nation‐State
5. 46 Democracy
  1. Models of Democracy
  2. Democracy, Globalization and International Governance
  3. Conclusion
6. 47 Transnationalizing the Public Sphere
  1. Classical Public‐sphere Theory and Its Radical Critique: Thematizing the Westphalian Frame
  2. The Postnational Constellation: Problematizing the Westphalian Frame
  3. Rethinking the Public Sphere – Yet Again
7. 48 Migration and Poverty
  1. References
8. 49 Humanity and Justice in Global Perspective
  1. I Humanity
  2. II Justice
  3. III The Relations between Humanity and Justice
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