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.
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