Liberal neutrality : treating citizens as free and equal /

Liberal neutrality : treating citizens as free and equal /

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Author / Creator:	Zellentin, Alexa, 1977-
Imprint:	Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 181 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Ideen & Argumente Ideen & Argumente.
Subject:	Equality before the law. Liberalism. Cultural pluralism. Cultural pluralism. Equality before the law. Liberalism. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11160373

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ISBN:	9783110255195 3110255197 9783110255171 3110255170
Notes:	Based on the author's thesis (DPhil). Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-176) and index. In English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Zellentin, Alexa, 1977- Liberal neutrality. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, ©2012 9783110255171
Standard no.:	9786613940032 10.1515/9783110255195

Table of Contents:

Defining liberal neutrality
The right and the good
Grounding neutrality
Justifying the respect element
Justifying the fairness element
Implementing liberal neutrality.