Liberal neutrality : treating citizens as free and equal / Alexa Zellentin.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Zellentin, Alexa, 1977-

Series:

Ideen & Argumente

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality before the law.

Liberalism.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Liberal neutrality has two underlying intuitions and therefore two distinct elements. On the one hand it refers to the intuition that there are matters the state has no business getting involved in. On the other hand it is motivated by the idea that the state ought to treat citizens as equals and show equal respect for their different cenceptions of the good life. This book defends this two-fold understanding of neutrality with reference to Rawls' conception of citizens as free and equal persons. Treating citizens as equals requires the state to grant its citizens equal political rights and also to ensure that these rights have "fair value". Given the danger that cultural bias undermines the equal standing of citizens, the state has to ensure procedures of political decision making that are able to take citizens' different conceptions into account.

Contents:

Defining liberal neutrality

The right and the good

Grounding neutrality

Justifying the respect element

Justifying the fairness element

Implementing liberal neutrality.

Notes:

Diss. Oxford 2009.

Based on the author's thesis (DPhil).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613940032

9781283627580

1283627582

9783110255195

3110255197

OCLC:

812251478