philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly

Abstract

Cross-Cultural Criticism and Development Ethics Development ethicists from one society may help understand and evaluate social change in another society. After examining several types of such cross-cultural assessments, the author argues that “insider-outsider hybrids” are the most promising cross-cultural dialogue partners. David A. Crocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Child Labor Abroad: Five Policy Recommendations Differences in socioeconomic and infrastructural elements among nations, differing conceptions about childhood, and the failure to distinguish between child work and child labor render a simple ban on child labor abroad idealistic and impractical. Roland Pierik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 The Trouble with Justice Despite its apparent authority and preeminence, it seems that sometimes we do not have reason to be just, or reasons of the right kind. Christopher W. Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Liberal Pluralism and Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Freedom of Conscience The protected “sphere of intellect and spirit” and the antipathy to forced professions of faith enjoy a central place in the development of American political thought and in liberal political theory, providing one of the clearest examples of inherent limits to legitimate state power. William A. Galston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21