PLURALISM AFTER LIBERALISM

John Gray argues that the doctrine of value pluralism poses a serious challenge for liberalisms of the Rawlsian and Millian kind. The only p roper political doctrine that is compatible with value pluralism is a modus vivendi that ran rake various forms. But in truth, value plurali sm does little to diminish the appeal of liberalism. Under modern cond itions, any half-decent modus vivendi will look move like liberalism t han Gray supposes.