Applied Political Philosophy at the Rubicon: Will Kymlica's Multicultural Citizenship
Will Kymlicka's Multicultural Citizenship represents an extraordinary attempt to put applied political philosophy to work in the empirical context of contemporary political debates about immigration and ethnic minorities in western society. This paper explores the methodological and interpretat...
| Published in: | Ethical theory and moral practice |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1998
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Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Further subjects: | B
Multiculturalism
B Interpretation of B Case studies B ethnic dilemmas B Comparative Method B Citizenship B Institutions B justice-based theories |
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| Summary: | Will Kymlicka's Multicultural Citizenship represents an extraordinary attempt to put applied political philosophy to work in the empirical context of contemporary political debates about immigration and ethnic minorities in western society. This paper explores the methodological and interpretative difficulties of combining normative and empirical goals, in a critical discussion of the examples Kymlicka makes of multicultural issues in France, Britain and the US. It goes on to argue that these weaknesses lie in the Rawlsian influence in Kymlicka's work, and that political philosophers may have to rethink their methodological approach if they wish to pursue further the kind of applied work which Kymlicka is aiming for. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1009903211511 |