Moral universalism and cultural difference

• Main Author: KUKATHAS, Chandran
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Moral universalism; Cultural difference; Universal morality; Cultural minorities; Western liberalism; Will Kymlicka; Critical and Cultural Studies; Political Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2990
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article examines the relationship between moral universalism and cultural difference. It analyses the problem of how to measure the claims of particular cultures against the demands of universal morality and discusses possible ways to resolve the tension between cultural minorities and the intr...