PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: John Rawls, Martha Nussbaum, Essentialism
1 Nov 2016
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This criticism asks questions such as: how can we judge other cultures, shouldn"t we instead, opt for a kind of tolerance towards other ways of thinking. / perspectives: questions of cross-cultural judgement / evaluation. try to work out an account of the critical assessment of traditions and political arrangements that is neither do-gooder colonialism or an uncritical validation of the status quo (357) Believes cultures aren"t monolith; they are living traditions they have fuzzy boundaries: cultures are constantly shifting and evolving there is no reason that outsiders cannot supply ideas to push / support cultures in particular directions. Real cultures contain plurality and conflict, tradition, and subversion. They borrow good things from wherever they find them none too worried about purity cultures are not museum pieces, to be preserved intact at all costs . Why would women cling to a tradition, indeed, when it is usually not their voice that speaks or their interests that are served? (pg.
