Title : Difference Paper
Guidelines
The central question I want you to answer in this paper is:
“How can polities deal with the presence of diversity within them?”
That is, each of the thinkers – Mill, Rawls, Taylor, Wolf, and Young – identify both a set of problems diversity presents for states, and also presents possible solutions to those problems. Your task in this paper is to pick one strategy, and present an argument for why that strategy is the best.
Mill : On Liberty (854p)
Rawls : A Theory of Justice
Taylor : Parts I, II, IV, and V of “The Politics of Recognition”
Young : “Polity and Group Difference: A Critique of the Ideal of Universal Citizenship,” Ethics Vol. 99, no. 2, January 1989
Wolf : “Comment” from Multiculturalism
A few reminders:
• Focus on readers
• Answer the question. Don’t’ say, “Everyone has something to add,” or, “No one answer could ever work for everyone.” Take a position, and defend it.
• Address multiple thinkers, especially those in conversation with one another. Taylor and Young are both criticizing Rawls. Mill and Rawls disagree with one another. If you support one of these thinkers in your paper, explain the problems with the other
• Use the texts to make your arguments, and cite the texts
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