Nomocratic Pluralism: Plural Values, Negative Liberty, and the Rule of Law

2)    Pluralism (Section One)

a)    Epistemological pluralism (Chapter 2)

i)      Modality distinctions

ii)     Logical category distinctions

b)    Value pluralism

i)      Critique of monism (Chapter 3)

ii)     Incompatibility of values/value systems (Chapter 4)

iii)    Incommensurability of values/value systems (Chapter 5)

iv)   Practical Reason and Moral Choices (Chapter 6)

3)    Liberalism and Pluralism (Section Two)

a)    Pluralist liberalism-Berlin, Hampshire, et al. (Chapter 7)

(1)  Negative liberty as one value among many

(2)  Positive liberty not really liberty

(1)  Negative liberty not necessarily important

(2)  Positive liberty not necessarily important

(1)  Negative liberty as primary value

(2)  Positive liberty not really liberty; dangerous to negative liberty and to liberty under rule of law

(4)  Toleration as primary political virtue-toleration as putting up with something which find distasteful, not as approbation

d)    Further implications-(Chapter 10)

i)      The place and character of politics in a nomocratic state

ii)     Dealing with monistic individuals and groups in a pluralist society

iii)    Value pluralism, Nomocratic liberalism, and international relations

4)    Conclusion (Chapter 11)