Theorists

Question 1

Julia Hooker

Answer 1

believe this idea of reciprocity does not hold for African Americans. They are perpetual losers.

Violence can be a useful tool for supressed minority groups.

Question 2

Kymlicka

Answer 2

Autonomous rights to minorities

Bases of argument of liberal autonomous rights

Critics - Hypocrite

Correct way to handle address minority liberal issues
- Equalize opportunities etc.

View of multinationalism: Canada high solidarity and shit with multicultural policies

Question 3

Kukathas

Answer 3

He is a liberal anarchist

Freedom of exit from Communities and socialization acceptable so long as it does not harm the kids

Liberal democracy should not value autonomy because many minority groups in a liberal society do not value autonomy.

Question 4

Brian Barry’s theory

Answer 4

Most important equality is liberal principle

• Should tolerate religious and cultural ways including illiberal forms of living.
• If people choose to exit, they should be given a certain amount of recourses given to them by the community that make their exit possible
• Barry believes treating minorities differently is incompatible with equality

Question 5

Susan Okin

Answer 5

• Not opposed to multicultural rights but we should evaluate each group because they typically do not have a great amount of gender equality (Polygamy)
• Believes that women’s role in these communities is to raise kids for future generations, so they need to be heavily socialized to transmit the view that women are caregivers.
• Giving these groups rights can keep women subordinated

Question 6

Alison Renteln

Answer 6

Cultural Defence: having a trial that ignores the socialized mannerisms of another culture is discriminatory

Question 7

Sarah Song

Answer 7

Cultural Defence: if we push it too far we undermine democracy

Polygamy example

Question 8

Shachar

Answer 8

3 models of dealing with family law:
Religious model
Absolutist model
Joint governance model

Question 9

Dworkin

Answer 9

Free speech is vital and no restriction should be placed on it because government is responsible for treating each member of the polity equally.

Popular sovereignty: people are the ultimate authority and if government regulates this it is contrary to democracy.

2 components of democracy

Question 10

Waldron

Answer 10

Hate speech: should be tolerated to the point that it instills hatred at which point it should not be permitted

Question 11

Bhargava

Answer 11

European way vs France way of Secularism (France and European example)

Advocates secularism

Question 12

Taylor and Maclure

Answer 12

Secularism: By imposing secularism we impose values contrary to some groups. State should be neutral

Question 13

Rob Reich

Answer 13

Against secularisation in schools: is a vehicle of transmission from one generation to the next of culture. They often argue they have been discriminated against being forced be taught these contrary beliefs. It is against freedom of equality for children

Question 14

Spinner

Answer 14

Religious school accommodation: does not to believe in public religious schools, but he recognizes that people should have that option. So he thinks we need to try to lure them into schools otherwise they will be forced underground.

Question 15

Fukuyama

Answer 15

Approaches to integration (2 of them)