Does multiculturalism undermine the universal conceptions of justice?
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SummaryThe Greek philosopher Plato believed that there was a parallel world: the world of Ideas . This world represented the true knowledge with the help of concepts, the Ideas. Each Idea corresponded to something that existed in the world that we experienced: the world of senses. There was the Idea of Good, of Beauty, of Justice... The Ideas never changed, unlike our world of senses. They would exist
forever and would always be the only truths. The world of senses was in fact just the shadow of the
world of Ideas, and it was the duty of men to try to be as close as possible to the Ideas. Today's world has changed a lot in the past few years and it is not rare in developed countries to have different cultures living side by side in the same territory. This new shape of society is characterised then by the diversity of backgrounds, religions, traditions, and beliefs. Is it possible, then, to apply what one might call the Idea of Justice, or a universal conception of justice? The differences are numerous and give place to what is called multiculturalism: the belief that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can co-exist peacefully and equitably in one single country. But is such a co-existence possible in reality? Can several different cultures obey to the same laws and be granted the same rights? Does multiculturalism undermine the universal conceptions of justice? Seeing that different cultures have different values and that some have different notions of what is right or wrong, to what extent are universal conceptions of justice compatible with multiculturalism?
Table of Contents
- The main differences between cultures. In what way they may enter in conflict with a universal conception of justice
- Can it be a universal conception of justice shared by all cultures?
- Reasons why multiculturalism on the contrary reinforces the existence and the necessity of shared conception of justice
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