This volume includes 22 new pieces by leading political philosophers, on traditional issues (such as authority and equality) and emerging issues (such as race, and money in politics). The pieces are clear and accessible will interest both students and scholars working in philosophy, political science, law, economics, and more.

• Introduction, David Estlund




• I. Classic Questions


• 1. Authority, A. John Simmons


• 2. Equality, Elizabeth Anderson


• 3. Justice, Richard Arneson


• 4. Freedom, Philip Pettitt


• 5. Property, Gerald Gaus




• II. Approaches


• 6. Classical Liberalism, John Tomasi and Jason Brennan


• 7. Social Contract Approaches, Samuel Freeman


• 8. Left-Libertarianism, Peter Vallentyne


• 9. Marxist and Socialist Perspectives, Andrew Levine


• III. Democracy


• 10. Democracy, Jeremy Waldron


• 11. Deliberation, Robert Talisse


• 12. Religion and Politics, Robert Audi


• 13. Money and Politics, Thomas Christiano


• IV. The Globe


• 14. Global Justice, Matthias Risse


• 15. Human Rights, Allen Buchanan


• 16. War, Jefferson McMahan


• V. Injustice


• 17. Historical Injustice, Jeff Spinner-Halev


• 18. Race, Tommie Shelby


• 19. Gender, Debra Satz


• 20. Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory, Zophia Stemplowska and Adam Swift


• VI. In Retrospect


• 21. Rawls, Leif Wenar


• 22. Nozick, David Schmidtz and Christopher Freiman

David Estlund is Professor of Philosophy, Brown University