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Communitarians (SANDEL (CRITIQUE on RAWLS (LUCK EGALITARIANS/LIBERALS…
Communitarians
SANDEL
CRITIQUE on RAWLS
Questioned the liberal vision of freely choosing, unencumbered self
Argues for stronger notions of COMMUNITY and SOLIDARITY and more public engagement with MORAL and RELIGIOUS questions
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STATE NEUTRALITY
Government should not deny Judeo-Christian tradition, but should embrace it
MAJORITY VALUES VS. MINORITY RIGHTS: To what extent can a society hold on to majority values and preferences, even if they exclude members of minority groups?
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MILLER
Religious freedom and public space: when does the decision taken by democratic majority overstep bounds set by fundamental liberal principles?
- The right to religious freedom
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- National identity and religious precedence
If one religion can be visible, should new comers also have to rights to have visible religion?
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- there are no privileged persons: everyone's life has the same value
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- emphasis role of GOVERNMENT
- focus on interest of members of the community
- focus on personal autonomy & fundamental rights for individuals
- liberals are too neutral about ends
- I want too share things with my community
- MAJORITY values should have precedence
- including MINORITY groups
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- liberals have too much faith in government and institutions
- focus on freedom and equality
- underestimating civil society - voluntary associations (e.g. churches)
- necessary to focus on COMMUNITY alongside, if not before freedom and equality
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- fundamental rights for individuals
- emphasis on the value and importance of community values (majority values)
- Everyone shall have the right to freedom of though, conscience and religion - right to manifest beliefs in public sphere.
- LIBERAL APPROACH: right of individual citizens and their idea of good life
- mosque is necessary; minarets are not essential
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LIBERALS/RAWLS: state cannot take a stand on intrinsic merits of different lifestyles and conceptions of the good = IMPARTIAL
SANDEL: politics not only about distributing things, also about valuing things
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