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Equality and Tradition This page intentionally left blank Equality and Tradition Questions of Value in Moral and Political Th eory Samuel Scheffl er 1 2010 1 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offi ces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2010 by Samuel Scheffl er Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scheffl er, Samuel, 1951– Equality and tradition : questions of value in moral and political theory / Samuel Scheffl er. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-19-539629-4 1. Values—Political aspects. 2. Equality. 3. Cosmopolitanism. 4. Toleration. 5. Liberalism. I. Title. JA79.S3167 2009 170—dc22 2009036139 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper For Deborah and Peter Goldberg This page intentionally left blank Contents Introduction 3 Part I Individuals 1 Valuing 15 2 Morality and Reasonable Partiality 41 3 Doing and Allowing 76 Part II Institutions 4 The Division of Moral Labor: Egalitarian Liberalism as Moral Pluralism 107 viii contents 5 Is the Basic Structure Basic? 129 6 Cosmopolitanism, Justice, and Institutions 160 Part III Society 7 What Is Egalitarianism? 175 8 Choice, Circumstance, and the Value of Equality 208 9 Is Terrorism Morally Distinctive? 236 10 Immigration and the Signifi cance of Culture 256 11 The Normativity of Tradition 287 12 The Good of Toleration 312 Index 337 Equality and Tradition
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