Includes bibliographical references and index

Methodological individualism / Steven Lukes -- Marxism, functionalism, and game theory: a case for methodological individualism / Jon Elster -- Reply to Elster on "Marxism, functionalism, and game theory" / G.A. Cohen -- Marxism and methodological individualism / Erik Olin Wright, Andrew Levine and Elliott Sober -- Distributive justice / Robert Nozick -- Equality as a moral ideal / Harry Frankfurt -- Where the action is: on the site of distributive justice / G.A. Cohen -- Equality and priority / Derek Parfit -- Liberalism and the limits of justice / Michael Sandel -- The domain of the political and overlapping consensus / John Rawls -- Communitarian critics of liberalism / Amy Gutmann -- Cross-purposes: the liberal-communitarian debate / Charles Taylor -- Polity and group difference: a critique of the ideal of universal citizenship / Iris Marion Young -- Contemporary liberal responses to diversity / Bhikhu Parekh -- Theories of group rights / Brian Barry -- In defence of the nation / Roger Scruton -- Is patriotism a virtue? / Alasdair MacIntyre -- In defence of nationality / David Miller -- The market and the forum: three varieties of political theory / Jon Elster -- Delibration and democratic legitimacy / Joshua Cohen -- Philosophy and democracy / Michael Walzer -- Punishment, communication and community / Antony Duff -- Punishment, penance and the state: a reply to Duff / Andrew Von Hirsch -- Appendix: response to von Hirsch / Antony Duff -- The justification of general deterrence / Daniel Farrell