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Many thanks to Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Steele for giving permission to use his painting 'Siempre' for the design of the front cover. He is also author of the book Five stones & a burnt stick: Toward the ancient wisdom of intimacy, which is cited in the dedication. Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow. The Policy Press uses environmentally responsible print partners. '... the wisdom of intimacy teaches that we must not need the other person to be like, to speak like, to think like, to feel like, and to dream like ourselves. The path of intimacy embraces and nurtures the difference between ourself and the other. It respects and nourishes this uniqueness and difference. The path of intimacy creates a sacred space in which the other is encouraged and enabled to find their own path, be their own self, think their own thoughts, speak with their own voice, acknowledge their own feelings, and dream their own dream. Intimacy celebrates the difference between the self and the other. The richness of your difference will always surprise, delight, challenge, and teach you. These differences will never be exhausted in the brevity of life. Every day will be one of great discovery and wonder.' Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga Steele (2009) Five stones and a burnt stick: Towards the ancient wisdom of intimacy, New York, NY: Strategic Book Publishing, p 28. v Contents Preface vii Acknowledgements xi one Equality, diversity and radical politics Introduction Establishing the parameters of the equality and diversity debate Radical politics and universalism versus particularism Resolving the conflict between the values of equality and diversity Value incommensurability and celebrating difference Celebrating difference and justice as reciprocity two Value incommensurability I am especially indebted, former and current, are Gideon Calder, Phillip Cole, David Morgans and Enzo Rossi, who have all taken trouble to make constructive criticisms on the various themes explored throughout the book, whether in writing or in discussion. The other thanks due relate to the development of particular chapters. Sections of Chapters One and Two appeared in a paper I presented at the 'Toleration and respect: concepts, justifications and applications' workshop at the Seventh Annual Conference of Political Theory Workshops at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2010. This workshop was also part of a Framework Seven European Union-funded project RESPECT, of which SERG is a member. More specifically, I would like to thank the main organiser, Emanuela Ceva, for her responses to earlier drafts of the Manchester paper, as well as to the participants at the workshop for their very insightful and thought-provoking comments, especially Peter Balint, John Horton, Tariq Madood and Enzo Rossi. An earlier version of Chapter Two also was given as a paper to the University of Brighton's Philosophical Society in 2007. I would like to thank the organiser, Bob Brecher, as well as the participants at this event for their various contributions. Chapter Three is a revised and extended version of S. R. Smith (2008) 'Agency and surprise, learning at the limits of empathic-imagination and liberal egalitarianism' Critical Review in International Social and Political Philosophy, vol 11, no 1, pp 25-40 (the journal website can be found at www.informaworld.com). I would like to thank the editor, Richard Bellamy, for his very useful suggestions for revisions to the article, and any other individuals associated with the referring process, as well as the Taylor and Francis publishing group for giving me permission to reproduce parts of this article here. Earlier versions of this article were also presented to the University of Lampeter's Philosophy Colloquium in 2007 and to the Politics of Misrecognition conference at the University of Bristol in 2010. Again, I would like to thank the participants at these events for their positive engagement and constructive criticisms. Chapter Four is a revised and extended version of S. R. Smith (2005b) 'Keeping our distance in compassion-based social relations' The Journal of Moral Philosophy, vol 2, no 1, pp 69-87. I would like to thank the editor, Thom Brooks, for his useful suggestions for revisions, and any other individuals associated with the referring process, as well as Brill Publications for giving me permission to reproduce parts of this article here. Earlier and later revised versions of this article and chapter were also presented to the University of Cambridge's Von Hugel Institute annual conference in 2005; to the Priority and Practice conference at University College London (UCL) in 2005; to the University of Cardiff 's Philosophy Department xii Equality and diversity in 2005; to the Association for Legal and Social Philosophy annual conference at University College Dublin (UCD) in 2006; and to the SouthWest Bio-Ethics Workshop organised by the SERG at the University of Wales, Newport in 2010. Again, I would like to thank participants at all these events for their insightful and thought-provoking comments, most particularly Jo Wolff and Catriona MacKinnon at the UCL event, Harry Brighouse at the UCD event, and Gideon Calder, Enzo Rossi and Phillip Cole at the Newport event. Chapter Five is a revised and extended version of S. R. Smith (2009) 'Social justice and disability, competing interpretations of the medical and social models', pp 15-29, in the collection Arguing about disability: Philosophical perspectives. I would like to thank the editors, Kristjana Kristiansen, Simo Vehmas and Tom Shakespeare, for their very useful suggestions for revision, and the publisher Routledge for giving me permission to reproduce parts of the chapter here. An earlier version of this chapter was also presented to the launch conference for the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics at the University of Brighton. Again, I would like to thank Bob Brecher, as well as the other participants at this event, for their various contributions. Finally, Chapter Six is a revised and extended version of S. R. Smith (2005) 'Equality, identity and the disability rights movement: from policy to practice and from Kant to Nietzsche in more than one uneasy move' Critical Social Policy, vol 25, no 4, pp 554-76. I would like to thank the editors and those associated with the refereeing process for their very useful comments, and to Sage Publications for giving me permission to reproduce parts of the article here. An earlier version of this article was also presented to the Social Policy Association annual conference, at the University of Nottingham in 2004. Again, I would like to thank participants at this event for their insightful and thought-provoking comments. Of course, I take full responsibility for all the material presented and arguments defended throughout the book.
Martin Pan
