Modern Liberalism on Toleration
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Chen, Huann-Min
Abstract
This thesis tries to present the debate between modern liberals concerning the issue on toleration, which is significant in modern political philosophy. At the very beginning, I introduce the basic ideas of John Rawls’s theory (includes his A Theory of Justice and Political Liberalism) as the representative of modern liberalism. Then I discuss the problems of difference and cultural diversity raised by multiculturalists, such as Iris Marion Young (the politics of difference) and Charles Taylor (the politics of recognition). Several liberals respond this challenge in different ways. Those who involve in this debate are Willliam A. Galston, Will Kymlicka, and Chandran Kukathas. I focus much more on Kukathas. After considering his theory, I suggest that Kukathas deals with the issues more successfully than the other two.
Subjects
liberalism
multiculturalism
minority groups
the principle of toleration
Kukathas
Type
thesis
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