Moral Universalism and Pluralism: NOMOS XLIX

Melissa S. Williams

Published by New York University Press 2008

Moral Universalism and Pluralism

NOMOS XLIX

Melissa S. Williams
Edited by: Henry S. Richardson

Volume 9 in the series NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814769119.001.0001

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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.

Author / Editor information

Williams Melissa S. :

Melissa S. Williams is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Voice, Trust, and Memory and is the current editor of the NOMOS series.Richardson Henry S. :

Henry S. Richardson is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Melissa S. Williams Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Henry S. Richardson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Contingency in Obligation Barbara Herman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2 Moral Improvisation, Moral Change, and Political Institutions: Comment on Barbara Herman Frank I. Michelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
3 Moral Improvisation and New Obligations F. M. Kamm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
4 Contingency at Ground Level: A Reply Barbara Herman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
5 The Idea of Political Pluralism William A. Galston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
6 Value Pluralism, Autonomy, and Toleration Daniel M. Weinstock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
7 The Limits of Liberal Pluralism A Comment on William Galston Robin West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
8 International Law as Inter-Public Law Benedict Kingsbury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
9 “The Center Cannot Hold” A Response to Benedict Kingsbury William E. Scheuerman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
10 Cosmopolitanism and International Law Kenneth Baynes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
11 Democracy and International Law A Peril from the “Public”? Gopal Sreenivasan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251

Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: October 1, 2008
ISBN: 9780814769119