"Reprinted from the Journal of value inquiry, volume 34, nos. 2-3, 2000."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Susan Dimock and Jan Narveson -- Liberal-conservative: the real controversy / Jan Narveson -- Liberal neutrality / Susan Dimock -- Liberalism, skepticism, and neutrality: making do without doubt / Steve Scalet -- Liberalism and atomistic individualism / Tibor Machan -- Liberalism, communitarianism, and asocialism / Andrew J. Cohen -- Diminishing marginal utility and egalitarian redistribution / David Schmidtz -- Public goods theory and public policy / Randall G. Holcombe -- Libertarian rectification: restitution, retribution, and the risk-multiplier / J.C. Lester -- Restitutionism defended / Joseph Ellin -- Pure contractariansim: promise, problems, and prospects / Robert Bass -- A moral obligation to obey the state / Christopher Tucker -- The poverty of market contractarianism / Bob Bright -- A proof that libertarianism is either false or banal / Paul Viminitz -- The nature of coercion / Michael R. Rhodes.