Jonathan Quong is Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Southern California. He taught previously at the University of Manchester. He is an associate editor for Philosophy & Public Affairs, an associate editor for Ethics, and an area editor for Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.

• Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. What Kind of Liberalism? ; 2. The Argument from Autonomy ; 3. Paternalism and Perfectionism ; 4. Justification and Legitimacy ; 5. A Question Internal to Liberal Theory ; 6. The Role of an Overlapping Consensus ; 7. Disagreement and Asymmetry ; 8. Truth and Scepticism ; 9. The Scope and Structure of Public Reason ; 10. Unreasonable Citizens ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

The book is wonderfully written, full of insights and rich argumentation, covers a wide range of issues regarding liberal legitimacy, and does this with clarity and subtlety. It is the most sophisticated defence of Rawlsian liberalism available.

Jonathan Quong is Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Southern California. He taught previously at the University of Manchester. He is an associate editor for Philosophy & Public Affairs, an associate editor for Ethics, and an area editor for Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.

• Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. What Kind of Liberalism? ; 2. The Argument from Autonomy ; 3. Paternalism and Perfectionism ; 4. Justification and Legitimacy ; 5. A Question Internal to Liberal Theory ; 6. The Role of an Overlapping Consensus ; 7. Disagreement and Asymmetry ; 8. Truth and Scepticism ; 9. The Scope and Structure of Public Reason ; 10. Unreasonable Citizens ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

The book is wonderfully written, full of insights and rich argumentation, covers a wide range of issues regarding liberal legitimacy, and does this with clarity and subtlety. It is the most sophisticated defence of Rawlsian liberalism available.

Jonathan Quong is Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Southern California. He taught previously at the University of Manchester. He is an associate editor for Philosophy & Public Affairs, an associate editor for Ethics, and an area editor for Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.

• Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. What Kind of Liberalism? ; 2. The Argument from Autonomy ; 3. Paternalism and Perfectionism ; 4. Justification and Legitimacy ; 5. A Question Internal to Liberal Theory ; 6. The Role of an Overlapping Consensus ; 7. Disagreement and Asymmetry ; 8. Truth and Scepticism ; 9. The Scope and Structure of Public Reason ; 10. Unreasonable Citizens ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

The book is wonderfully written, full of insights and rich argumentation, covers a wide range of issues regarding liberal legitimacy, and does this with clarity and subtlety. It is the most sophisticated defence of Rawlsian liberalism available.