PHIL 237 Lecture 11: kukathas minority rightz
30 Jul 2015
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Liberalism- views society in individualist terms incapable of coping w/ group loyalty and cultural reassertion. Criticism: no prospect of individuals abandoning their particular loyalties for universal humanism- tribal separations are here to stay. Problem with liberalism is that it neglects communal interests: exclusive emphasis on individual rights neglects communal interests (no balance) Liberalism puts concern for minorities at the forefront: emphasis on individual rights/liberty isn"t hostile to communal interests but wary to the power of the majority over minorities. Not that groups don"t matter or don"t have interests but individual rights are sufficient for justice. Good society= not common ends/goals but framework of rights/liberties/duties for people to themselves/cooperatively pursue their various ends (governed by law) No one should be forced to accept a conception of the good. Egalitarian: all individuals have the same moral status: political/legal order differences are irrelevant bc same moral worth. Universalist: moral unity of humans accords a 2nd importance to historical/cultural associations.
