Liberal Rights

This volume brings together a wide-ranging collection of the papers written by Jeremy Waldron, one of the most internationally respected political theorists writing today. The main focus of the collection is on substantive issues in modern political philosophy. The first six chapters deal with freedom, toleration and neutrality and argue for a robust conception of liberty. Wald...

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This volume brings together a wide-ranging collection of the papers written by Jeremy Waldron, one of the most internationally respected political theorists writing today. The main focus of the collection is on substantive issues in modern political philosophy. The first six chapters deal with freedom, toleration and neutrality and argue for a robust conception of liberty. Waldron defends the idea that people have a right to act in ways others disapprove of, and that the state should be neutral vis-a-vis religious and ethical systems. The chapters that follow are concerned with socio-economic rights. Waldron argues that poverty and homelessness are not to be understood apart from the value of freedom. On the contrary our moral response to them should be based on the same values that underlie traditional liberal philosophy.

Liberal Rights: Two Sides of the Coin
Theoretical Foundations of Liberalism – 35
A Right to Do Wrong – 63
Locke, Toleration, and the Rationality of Persecution – 88
Mill and the Value of Moral Distress – 115
Rushdie and Religion – 134
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Liberal Rights: Two Sides of the Coin
Theoretical Foundations of Liberalism – 35
A Right to Do Wrong – 63
Locke, Toleration, and the Rationality of Persecution – 88
Mill and the Value of Moral Distress – 115
Rushdie and Religion – 134
Legislation and Moral Neutrality – 143
Particular Values and Critical Morality – 168
Rights in Conflict – 203
Welfare and the Images of Charity – 225
John Rawls and the Social Minimum – 250
Social Citizenship and the Defense of Welfare Provision – 271
Homelessness and the Issue of Freedom – 309
Can Communal Goods Be Human Rights? – 339
When Justice Replaces Affection: The Need for Rights – 370
Rights and Majorities: Rousseau Revisited – 392
Notes – 422
Index – 473
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