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| Group rights: Group rights are rights held by a group of people as a whole rather than by the individuals in the group. They protect the group's ability to maintain its identity, culture, and way of life. See also Rights, Community, Society, Culture._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Chandran Kukathas on Group Rights - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 256 Toleration/society/group rights/Kukathas: Kukathas (1997(1); 2001(2); 2003b(3)), in particular, has argued vigorously that toleration is so important a liberal virtue that a liberal order will tolerate a diversity of cultures even if some of them are highly illiberal. What a good society protects is freedom of association, not autonomy. And for as long as individuals are free to exit the arrangements or communities or groups within which they find themselves, that order is legitimate - even if it might be one in which many groups or communities are highly illiberal in as much as they are themselves intolerant of diversity. Group rights/KukathasVsKymlicka: This view, however, gives no particular rights to groups as such, and denies them the external protections advocated by Kymlicka and others; though it also denies outside authorities any right to intervene to lift internal restrictions imposed by such communities upon their members. >Diversity/Multiculturalism, >Group rights/Political philosophy, >Minority rights/Political philosophy, >Minorities/Multiculturalism, >Multiculturalism. 1. Kukathas, Chandran (1997) 'Cultural toleration'. In Will Kymlicka and Ian Shapiro, eds, Ethnicity and Group Rights: NOMOS XXXIX New York: New York University Press, 69—104. 2. Kukathas, Chandran (2001) 'Is Feminism Bad for Multiculturalism?' Public Affairs Quarterly, 15 (2): 83-98. 3. Kukathas, Chandran (2003b) The Liberal Archipelago: A Theory of Diversity and Freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kukathas, Chandran 2004. „Nationalism and Multiculturalism“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Kukathas, Chandran Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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