The Weight of Context: Headscarves in Holland
This paper explores the potential of a contextual approach to multicultural conflict. It reconstructs two cases that were hotly debated in the Netherlands—‘Islamic’ headscarves for police officers and for court officers—and asks whether a ‘contextual’ approach reaches compromises and thus promotes s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2004
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| In: |
Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2004, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-195 |
| Further subjects: | B
Multiculturalism
B public office B Discrimination B headscarves B exemption policies B Contextualism |
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| Summary: | This paper explores the potential of a contextual approach to multicultural conflict. It reconstructs two cases that were hotly debated in the Netherlands—‘Islamic’ headscarves for police officers and for court officers—and asks whether a ‘contextual’ approach reaches compromises and thus promotes social stability more easily than a ‘deductive’ approach. The argument is that a ‘deductive’ approach accepts standing interpretations of normative principles, whereas a ‘contextual’ approach reinterprets these principles in the light of the circumstances and that, whether or not it promotes social stability, a contextual approach makes us attend to otherwise neglected perspectives and thus yields greater normative insights. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/B:ETTA.0000032760.95352.47 |