Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach is associate professor of philosophy at Baruch College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. She is the author of "On Civic Friendship" (forthcoming) as well as of numerous articles in social, political, and feminist theory. Patricia Smith is professor of philosophy at Baruch College and The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. She is the author of "Liberalism and Affirmative Obligation" and the editor of numerous volumes including "Feminist Jurisprudence."