Liberalism, Equality, and Cultural Oppression

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ID19907449
AuthorsAndrew Kernohan (0000-0001-5330-6183, Dalhousie University, corresponding author)
Year1998
Publication date1998-07-28
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueLiberalism, Equality, and Cultural Oppression (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511625084
OpenAlexW4206020870
ISBN9780511625084
Open LibraryOL699694M
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Liberal political philosophy emphasizes the benefits of membership in a cultural group and, in the opinion of this challenging book, neglects its harmful, oppressive aspects. Andrew Kernohan argues that an oppressive culture perpetuates inegalitarian social meanings and false assumptions about who is entitled to what. Cultural pollution harms fundamental interests in self-respect and knowledge of the good and is diffuse, insidious, and unnoticed. This cultural pollution is analogous to environmental pollution, and though difficult to detect, is nonetheless just as real. The book's conclusion is that a liberal state committed to the moral equality of persons must accept a strong role in reforming our cultural environment

Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Liberalism · Oppression · Political economy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics

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