TY - JOUR
T1 - Value Pluralism, Diversity and Liberalism
AU - Crowder, George
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - Few would disagree that contemporary society is characterized by ‘pluralism’, but what this means is widely disputed. Among the many senses of pluralism current in contemporary political theory, ‘value pluralism’ is one of the most keenly contested. The classic account is found in Isaiah Berlin, who sees basic human values as irreducibly multiple, often conflicting, and sometimes incommensurable with one another. Berlin seems in general to have believed that the pluralist outlook has an affinity of some sort with liberalism, although he does not make it clear what this affinity is.
AB - Few would disagree that contemporary society is characterized by ‘pluralism’, but what this means is widely disputed. Among the many senses of pluralism current in contemporary political theory, ‘value pluralism’ is one of the most keenly contested. The classic account is found in Isaiah Berlin, who sees basic human values as irreducibly multiple, often conflicting, and sometimes incommensurable with one another. Berlin seems in general to have believed that the pluralist outlook has an affinity of some sort with liberalism, although he does not make it clear what this affinity is.
KW - Diversity
KW - Isaiah Berlin
KW - Liberalism
KW - Value pluralism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939945608&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10677-014-9539-3
DO - 10.1007/s10677-014-9539-3
M3 - Article
SN - 1572-8447
VL - 18
SP - 549
EP - 564
JO - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
JF - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
IS - 3
ER -