[eBook Code] Culture and Equality (eBook Code, 1st)

Preface viii

Part I Multiculturalism and Equal Treatment

1 Introduction 3

1 Losing Our Way 3

2 The Flight from Enlightenment 9

3 A Brief Overview 17

2 The Strategy of Privatization 19

1 Cultural Diversity 19

2 Privatization and Pluralism 24

3 Equal Treatment 32

4 The Rule-and-Exemption Approach 40

5 A Pragmatic Case for Exemptions 50

6 Culture and Job Discrimination 54

3 The Dynamics of Identity: Assimilation, Acculturation and Difference 63

1 Vive la Difference? 63

2 Liberalism and the 'Ideal of Assimilation' 68

3 Assimilation: Good, Bad or Indifferent? 72

4 Varieties of National Identity 77

5 National Identity in Practice 81

6 The Dodo's Dictum 90

7 The 'Myth of Merit' 98

8 Language and Opportunity 103

Part II Multiculturalism and Groups

4 Theories of Group Rights 112

1 The Concept of a Group Right 112

2 Liberalism and Autonomy 118

3 Liberalism and Diversity 123

4 Cultural Relativism and Toleration 131

5 Outline of a Theory of Group Rights 146

5 Liberal States and Illiberal Religions 155

1 The Claims of Free Association 155

2 An Alternative Approach 162

3 The Limits of Toleration 165

4 In Defence of 'Asymmetry' 169

5 The Amish and the State 176

6 Are Amish Communities Voluntary Associations? 187

6 The Public Stake in the Arts and Education 194

1 The Limits of Laissez-Faire 194

2 Can Liberalism Cope with Children? 199

3 The Locus of Decision-Making 205

4 Functional Education 212

5 Education for Living 221

6 Societal Interests in Education 225

7 Multicultural Education 233

8 Parental Rights in Education 238

Part III Multiculturalism, Universalism and Egalitarianism

7 The Abuse of 'Culture' 252

1 'It's a Part of My Culture' 252

2 Up the Creek in the Black Canoe 258

3 The Equal Value of Cultures 264

4 Does Equal Treatment Require Equal Value? 271

5 The Limits of Conventionalism 279

6 The Limits of Universalism 284

8 The Politics of Multiculturalism 292

1 The Curious Political Success of Multiculturalism 292

2 Multiculturalism versus Democracy 299

3 If Multiculturalism Is the Answer, What Was the Question? 305

4 Culture versus Equality 317

Notes 329

Index 372