Mediating Between Thick Invocations of the Common Good and Thin Apeals to Human Rights: The Case of South Africa.

Abstract How shall we think of our public reasoning in modern, pluralist societies? Is the most reasonable doctrine a 'thin' public morality, e.g., a 'moral Esperanto' of rights? Or as Michael Walzer urges, must we concede that 'morality is thick from the beginning, culturally integrated' in particu...

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Published in:	Comparative Sociology Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 697 - 710
Main Author:	O'Neill, William
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers Oct2012
Subjects:	South Africa South Africa. Truth & Reconciliation Commission Gregg, Benjamin Pluralism Ethics Social integration Human rights
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