Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-2018
Abstract
Those who favor liberty face a dilemma arising out of human diversity.While some groups of people will place a high value on liberty, others mayconsider it a lesser good or may value it scarcely at all. Preserving a free society by forcing everyone to value liberty runs against the spirit of freedom;but leaving those groups who do not care for liberty to live in that way alsodiminishes liberty, if in a different way. In the end the dilemma has to beresolved in favor of tolerating even those who do not care for liberty andthreaten to undermine it.
Discipline
Political Science | Politics and Social Change
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy
Volume
16
First Page
681
Last Page
695
ISSN
1536-5077
Identifier
10.1002/9781405177245.ch39
Publisher
Georgetown University Law Center
Citation
KUKATHAS, Chandran.(2018). Liberty and the challenge of diversity. Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy, 16, 681-695.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2916
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405177245.ch39