Table of Contents

1: Responsibility, Reactive Attitudes, and Liberalism in Philosophy and Politics
2: Individual Responsibility in a Global Age
3: Families, Nations, and Strangers
4: Liberalism, Nationalism, and Egalitarianism
5: The Conflict between Justice and Responsibility
6: Relationships and Responsibilities
7: Conceptions of Cosmopolitanism
8: The Appeal of Political Liberalism
9: Rawls and Utilitarianism
10: Justice and Desert in Liberal Theory
11: Morality Through Thick and Thin: A Critical Notice of 'Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy'

Reviews

`These essays display a remarkable combination of philosophical acuity, moral seriousness and political realism, and deserve to be read closely and repeatedly for the light they shed on our contemporary moral and political predicament.'
David Miller in Philosophical Books
`Samuel Scheffler's essays are models of intelligent, informed, involved and unpretentious philosophical work.'
Times Literary Supplement
`Boundaries and Allegiances is lucid, judicious and critically astute. Scheffler has reflected deeply on the central issues which concern contemporary political and moral philosophers, and these essays succeed in displaying his range of interests while retaining an impressive degree of thematic integrity.'
Ethics
[This book] stands out because it combines high-level philosophical thought with an awareness of practical political concerns in need of urgent attention. Political Studies, June 2002
Scheffler's recent contribution to liberal philosophy is - as always - thought-provoking and warrants serious consideration. ...bringing together Scheffler's thoughts on liberalism and responsibility advances the debate on the intricate relationship between liberalism as a philosophical enterprise and liberalism as a political doctrine geared at solving pressing social problems. Required reading for liberals of any persuasion as well as those interested in
tackling the theoretical or practical deficiencies within liberal thought. Political Studies, June 2002
Scheffler, a professor of law and philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, has been one of the most talented and productive moral philosophers in the analytic tradition for the past two decades, and the essays in this volume are characteristically thoughtful, subtle, and well written. Ethics and International Affairs, 2002
`Scheffler aims to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of liberalism in confronting [its] various opponents and challenges ... The essays are lucid and accessible ... models of intelligent, informed, involved and unpretentious philosophical work. Sheffler's interpretation and analysis are sophisticated, sensible and fair.'
Saul Smilansky, Times Literary Supplement