Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- State and society -- Liberal physiphobia -- Methods and aims -- 2 Unity and plurality in ethnic politics -- The decline of liberalism in recent American ethnic politics -- American responses to 'the immigrant problem' -- Towards a liberal ethnic politics -- Conclusion -- 3 Sexual difference and human equality -- The ends and limits of liberal feminism -- Individualism and families -- Beyond individualism -- The continuing relevance of sexual natures -- Judicial scrutiny of sex discrimination -- The continuing importance of human nature -- Conclusion -- 4 Bureaucracy and liberal constitutionalism -- Constitutionalism and formalism -- Bureaucratic heartlessness and liberal spiritedness -- The administrative state and the liberal polity -- Bureaucracy and democracy -- Putting bureaucracy in its place -- The new antipolitical system -- 5 Unnatural liberalism -- The utilitarian critique of classical liberalism -- Beyond utilitarianism -- Rawlsian communitarianism -- Individuality, equality and moral personality -- Rawlsian politics -- Self-respect, community and humanity -- Conclusion -- 6 Liberty and nature -- The moderation of nature -- Radical and moderate modernity -- Natural teleology and humanity -- Liberty and nature -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.