Moral universalism and pluralism
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Moral universalism and pluralism
（Nomos, 49）
New York University Press, c2009
- : cloth
Available at 14 libraries
Note
"Yearbook of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy."
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Moral universalism, or the idea that some system of ethics applies to all people regardless of race, color, nationality, religion, or culture, must have a plurality over which to range-a plurality of diverse persons, nations, jurisdictions, or localities over which morality asserts a universal authority. The contributors to Moral Universalism and Pluralism, the latest volume in the NOMOS series, investigate the idea that, far from denying the existence of such pluralities, moral universalism presupposes it. At the same time, the search for universally valid principles of morality is deeply challenged by diversity. The fact of pluralism presses us to explore how universalist principles interact with ethical, political, and social particularisms. These important essays refuse the answer that particularisms should simply be made to conform to universal principles, as if morality were a mold into which the diverse matter of human society and culture could be pressed. Rather, the authors bring philosophical, legal and political perspectives to bear on the core questions: Which forms of pluralism are conceptually compatible with moral universalism, and which ones can be accommodated in a politically stable way? Can pluralism generate innovations in understandings of moral duty? How is convergence on the validity of legal and moral authority possible in circumstances of pluralism? As the contributors to the book demonstrate in a wide variety of ways, these normative, conceptual, and political questions deeply intertwine.
Contributors: Kenneth Baynes, William A. Galston, Barbara Herman, F. M. Kamm, Benedict Kingsbury, Frank I. Michelman, William E. Scheuerman, Gopal Sreenivasan, Daniel Weinstock, and Robin West.
Table of Contents
Preface Melissa S. Williams Contributors Introduction Henry S. Richardson * Contingency in Obligation Barbara Herman * Moral improvisation, Moral Change, and Political institutions: Comment on Barbara Herman Frank I. Michelman * Moral Improvisation and New Obligations F. M. Kamm * Contingency at Ground Level: A Reply Barbara Herman * The Idea of Political Pluralism William A. Galston * Value Pluralism, Autonomy, and Toleration Daniel M. Weinstock * The Limits of Liberal Pluralism: A Comment on William Galston Robin West 8. International Law as Inter-Public Law Benedict Kingsbury 9. "The Center Cannot Hold": A Response to Benedict Kingsbury William E. Scheuerman 10. Cosmopolitanism and International Law Kenneth Baynes 11. Democracy and International Law: A Peril from the "Public"? Gopal Sreenivasan Index
by "Nielsen BookData"