David Estlund (left) is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department. He has published numerous articles in political philosophy, especially on democracy. He is working on a book tentatively entitled, “Democracy Authority: A Philosophical Framework,” which develops an account of legitimacy and authority that is tied to a tendency of democratic arrangements (suitably improved, but in ways that are possible) to make good decisions.

John Tomasi, Professor of Political Science, has written widely on topics in political philosophy. His recent book, “Liberalism Beyond Justice,” (Princeton, 2001) he proposes a reconception of contemporary liberalism that would take the diversity of views more seriously, leading to less emphasis on the public aspect of society and developing a liberal conception of nonpublic life. Tomasi's current book project, provisionally entitled *High Liberalism: The Rise and Fall of the Egalitarian Ideal*, describes the conceptual decline of material egalitarian conceptions of liberalism.

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