The Liberal Archipelago A Theory of Diversity and Freedom

by Kukathas, Chandran

• ISBN13: 9780199219209
• ISBN10: 0199219206
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In his major new work Chandran Kukathas offers, for the first time, a book-length treatment of this controversial and influential theory of minority rights. The author argues that the free society should not be seen as a hierarchy of superior and subordinate authorities but an archipelago ofcompeting and overlapping jurisdictions.

Author Biography

Chandran Kukathas holds the Neal A. Maxwell Presidential Chair in Political Theory, Public Policy, and Public Service in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Thesis of this Work	p. 4
Kymlicka's Theory	p. 9
The Structure of the Argument	p. 15
The Liberal Archipelago	p. 19
A Conception of Liberalism in Outline	p. 23
Objections to this Conception of Liberalism	p. 31
A Liberal Theory?	p. 38
Human Nature and Human Interests	p. 41
Human Nature	p. 42
Human Beings as Rational Revisers	p. 56
A Series of Objections	p. 64
Why 'Conscience'?	p. 70
Concluding Remarks	p. 71
Freedom of Association and Liberty of Conscience	p. 74
Society and Culture	p. 77
The Starting Point for a Theory of the Good Society	p. 85
The Good Society as the Free Society	p. 93
Objections to the Exit Principle	p. 103
Freedom of Association and Liberty of Conscience	p. 114
The Next Step	p. 117
Liberal Toleration	p. 119
Some Contemporary Liberal Views of Toleration	p. 120
An Alternative View	p. 126
Objections and Some Replies	p. 133
An Elaborate and Perverse Theory: The Pitfalls of Pure Toleration	p. 140
Oppression with a Difference	p. 148
Toleration and Political Society	p. 160
Political Community	p. 166
Defining Community	p. 167
Political Community	p. 171
Communitarianism and Political Community	p. 175
Liberalism and Political Community	p. 178
Minority Communities in Political Society	p. 181
Political Community Reconsidered	p. 189
Nationalism and National Self-determination	p. 196
Modest Nationalism	p. 205
State and Political Community	p. 209
The Cultural Construction of Society	p. 211
Society and the State	p. 211
The Problem of Equality	p. 214
Diversity, Groups, and Equality	p. 219
Metrics of Equality	p. 223
Sen and Sen's Abilities	p. 226
Equality Between Groups	p. 229
Benign Neglect	p. 236
Identity and the Politics of Recognition	p. 246
Conclusion	p. 255
Political Philosophy and Modern Society	p. 255
The Liberal Archipelago	p. 261
References	p. 271
Index	p. 281
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