Accommodating Pluralism: Liberal Neutrality and Compulsory Education

Adaptation to pluralism: neutrality freedom and compulsory education summary: In this article we looked at the general neutral principle of Rawls' liberalism, then in the case of a non-neutral influence of compulsory education system on a particular social group, The instinct of accommodation and the caring principle were tested. For a long time various neutral principles have been linked to liberalism. Today, I would like to study the general neutral principle that Rawls is related to his own liberalism. (1) I would like to first clarify what this principle is.

In the field of political philosophy, the most extensive controversy about pluralism involves relations with liberalism. This discussion overlaps with questions on the relationship between pluralism and relativism, but to a certain extent liberalism seems to depend, to some extent, on the beliefs of universal values ​​and fundamental human rights, which is the destruction of relativism It is. However, although pluralism is superior to relativism over relativism, it is relatively radical and destructive to liberal reconciliation (or, on the contrary, liberalism is universal or absoluteism is pluralism It is compatible with). . The main supporter of this view is John Gray (John Gray, especially Gray 1995), and the emergence of this problem and extensive discussion are more responsible than any other thinker.

Pluralism in political science is that the power of liberal democracy should not be (or is not) made up of a group of elites or elites and should be dispersed among pressure groups of different economies and ideologies I assert there is. Pluralism is based on the premise that diversity is beneficial to society, and various functional or cultural groups of society, such as religious groups, labor unions, specialized agencies, minorities, etc., should enjoy autonomy. A group of writers, including Frederick Maitland, Samuel G. Hobson, Harold Raschi, Richard H. Tony, George Douglas Howard Cole in the early 20th century, is a so-called alienation under unlimited capitalistic conditions I opposed the feeling.