The slipperiness of neutrality. From: Social Theory and Practice | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: de Marneffe, Peter | COPYRIGHT 2006 Social Theory and Practice-Florida State University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

1. The Possibility and Desirability of Neutrality

Almost three decades ago, Ronald Dworkin identified liberalism with the principle that the government ought to remain as neutral as possible toward different conceptions of a good life. (1) Since then, critics both of Dworkin and of liberalism have questioned whether neutrality of this kind is possible and desirable. (2) I believe there is a sense in which neutrality is both possible and desirable, as I explain shortly. T...

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