Many and the One

Richard Madsen is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author or coauthor of ten books, including "Morality and Power in a Chinese Village". Tracy B. Strong is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, and former Editor of "Political Theory". He has published seven books, among them "Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of Transformation".

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Introduction: Three Forms of Ethical Pluralism, pg. 1*Liberal Egalitarian Attitudes toward Ethical Pluralism, pg. 25*Liberal Egalitarian Platitudes?, pg. 42*Ethical Pluralism from a Classical Liberal Perspective, pg. 55*Ethical Pluralism and Classical Liberalism, pg. 78*Natural Law and Ethical Pluralism, pg. 89*Natural Law Reflections on the Social Management of Ethical Pluralism, pg. 115*Confucian Attitudes toward Ethical Pluralism, pg. 129*Two Strands of Confucianism, pg. 154*Islam and Ethical Pluralism, pg. 161*The Scope of Pluralism in Islamic Moral Traditions, pg. 180*Ethical Diversity, Tolerance, and the Problem of Sovereignty: A Jewish Perspective, pg. 195*Jewish Responses to Modernity, pg. 219*Conscientious Individualism A Christian Perspective on Ethical Pluralism, pg. 229*Pluralism as a Matter of Principle, pg. 257*Feminist Attitudes toward Ethical Pluralism, pg. 271*Feminism and the Varieties of Ethical Pluralism, pg. 301*Critical Theory and the Challenge of Ethical Pluralism, pg. 311*Substantive and Procedural Dimensions of Critical Theory, pg. 336*Pluralisms Compared, pg. 343*Contributors, pg. 361*Index, pg. 365

"The overall product is a collection of viewpoints that, thanks to each writer's care in defining their terms and steering clear of jargon, is accessible to the beginning scholar... [T]he choice of controversies that are both enduring and ethically troubling means that the interest of all readers will be held throughout the book."--Bruce F. Nesmith, Perspectives on Political Science "Contributors include well-known, top-notch scholars like William A. Galston, Brian Barry, and James Tully. An extraordinarily well organized collection, its chapters cover nine nonsecular and secular ethical perspectives."--Choice