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Liberalism and the right to culture.

From: Social Research  |  Date: 9/22/2004  |  Author: Halbertal, Moshe; Margalit, Avishai

SETTING UP THE PROBLEM

HUMAN BEINGS HAVE A RIGHT TO CULTURE--NOT JUST ANY CULTURE, but their own. The right to culture has far-reaching implications for the liberal conception of the state. A culture essentially requires a group, and the right to culture may involve giving groups a status that contradicts the status of the individual in a liberal state. The right to culture may involve a group whose norms cannot be reconciled with the conception of the individual in a liberal ...

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