Moral universalism and pluralism
By: edited by Henry S. Richardson and Melissa S. Williams.
Contributors: Richardson, Henry S.; Williams, Melissa S., 1960-
Series: Nomos -- xlix
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780814794487
Subjects: International law -- Moral and ethical aspects; International law -- Political aspects; International law -- Philosophy; Universalism; Pluralism
Description: "Moral universalism is the idea that some system of ethics applies to all people regardless of race, color, nationality, religion, or culture. The contributors to this latest volume in the NOMOS series investigate the idea that, far from denying the existence of pluralities, moral universalism presupposes them. At the same time, the search for universally valid principles of morality is deeply challenged by diversity. The fact of pluralism presses us to explore how universalist principles interact with ethical, political, and social particularisms." "These essays bring philosophical, legal, and political perspectives to bear on core questions: Which forms of pluralism are conceptually compatible with moral universalism, and which ones can be accommodated in a politically stable way? Can pluralism generate innovations in understandings of moral duty? How is convergence on the validity of legal and moral authority possible in circumstances of pluralism? As the contributors to the book demonstrate in a wide variety of ways, these normative, conceptual, and political questions deeply intertwine."--Jacket.
Notes: "Yearbook of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contingency in obligation /  Barbara Herman; title: Moral Improvisation, moral change, and political institutions : comment on Barbara Herman / Frank L. Michelman; title: Moral improvisation and new obligations / F. M. Kamm; title: Contingency at ground level : a reply /  Barbara Herman; title: The idea of political pluralism / William A. Galston; title: Value pluralism, autonomy, and toleration / Daniel Weinstock; title: The limits of liberal pluralism : a comment on William Galston / Robin West; title: International law as inter-public law / Benedict Kingsbury; title: "The center cannot hold": a response to Benedict Kingsbury / William E. Scheuerman; title: Cosmopolitanism and International law / Kenneth Baynes; title: Democracy and international law : a peril from the "public"? / Gopal Sreenivasan.