Part 1 New interpretations - liberal theory at the crossroads: classical vs. modern liberalism - advantage, classical, Jan Narveson; why not liberal utilitarianism?, Matti Hayry; Kant and liberalism, Ruth Chadwick; Hume on the laws of nations and the relaxation of rulers' morality, Arto Siitonen; Rorty on liberalism and postphilosophy, Arto Tukiainen; G.H. von Wright's critique of liberal society, Mikko Salmela; in defense of a moral concept of democracy, Tapio Puolimarka; liberal identity and moral individualism, Sirkku Hellsten; women vs. emotions, community and the moral law or why would any sensible woman want to uphold communitarian ideals?, Heta Hayry. Part 2 Facing the world - the liberal state and its policies: limits of corporate personhood - a new philosophy of the corporation, Jukka Kilpi; insiders and outsiders - ethical theorizing in concrete business life, Marjaana Kopperi; the background requirements of markets, Olli Luokola; moral and immoral views on paying taxes, Bruno S. Frey and Manfred J. Holler; technology policy in a democratic state, Ilkka Niiniluoto; technology, complexity and social decision, Nicholas Rescher. Part 3 Beyond good and evil - neutrality, tolerance and individual morality: truth and toleration, J.L. Gorman; when tolerance is too much to ask, Katri Kaalikoski; taking friendship seriously, Shyli Karin-Frank; reflections on the value of freedom, John T. Sanders; in the prison of freedom - human action and its praxiological explanation, Wojciech W. Gasparski; evil - a shining in blackness, Martin A. Bertman; choosing coercion and subordination - a preliminary moral study of academic life, Jay L. Garfield.