03126nam 2200745 a 450 991078869770332120200520144314.01-283-62758-23-11-025519-7978661394003210.1515/9783110255195(CKB)3360000000446079(EBL)893959(OCoLC)812251478(SSID)ssj0000751293(PQKBManifestationID)11422538(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000751293(PQKBWorkID)10753132(PQKB)10110086(MiAaPQ)EBC893959(DE-B1597)123608(OCoLC)853262327(DE-B1597)9783110255195(Au-PeEL)EBL893959(CaPaEBR)ebr10606393(CaONFJC)MIL394003(PPN)175548161(EXLCZ)99336000000044607920120717d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLiberal neutrality[electronic resource] treating citizens as free and equal /Alexa ZellentinBerlin ;Boston De Gruyterc20121 online resource (192 p.)Ideen & ArgumenteIdeen & ArgumenteBased on the author's thesis (DPhil).3-11-025517-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Defining liberal neutrality -- The right and the good -- Grounding neutrality -- Justifying the respect element -- Justifying the fairness element -- Implementing liberal neutrality.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.Ideen & ArgumenteEquality before the lawLiberalismCultural pluralismEquality.Liberalism.Liberty.Neutrality.Rawls, John.Equality before the law.Liberalism.Cultural pluralism.323.42Zellentin Alexa1977-1558708MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788697703321Liberal neutrality3823304UNINA