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34The Liberal-Communitarian Debate – A Lacanian Analysis of the encumbered SelfCosmos and History 11 (1): 103-135. 2015.Communitarians and liberals have long held vigorous discussions about the status of the self. The former argue that we do not actively choose our ends, but that they come to the fore through self-discovery. This implies that the self is encumbered and that the liberal self—one capable of choosing his ends—is unrealistic. In this article, we consider these two paradigms and especially Will Kymlicka’s position within this debate. Kymlicka defends a liberal theory without relying on an unencumbered…Read more
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30Jonathan Wolff, An Introduction to Political Philosophy. Third Edition, 231 p (review)Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy 46 (1): 107-109. 2017.
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22Expanding the Multicultural Recognition Scope? A Critical Analysis of Will Kymlicka’s Polyethnic RightsThe Pluralist 14 (3): 78-107. 2019.Although there was never a consensus about multicultural policies for immigrants, at the beginning of this new millennium, multiculturalism found itself in cloudy water. Within a short period, politicians Merkel, Cameron, and Sarkozy all informed us that multiculturalism had failed. While this political statement drew many objections—How could these politicians claim we should abandon multiculturalism, given that multiculturally conscious notions of justice and their concomitant laws and policie…Read more
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19With or Without Religious Symbols? Why Political Liberalism is Inconclusive in the Case of Civil ServantsRes Publica 26 (3): 319-335. 2020.In this article, we scrutinize several arguments that are frequently used to legitimize a ban on religious symbols for civil servants. Most arguments, however, do not stand up to the test of Rawlsian political liberalism. One argument stands out as underpinning such a general ban: state neutrality. While this argument has the most potential, we argue why it is still not decisive for a ban on all religious symbols for all civil servants. We conclude that from a political liberal point of view the…Read more
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15Should Inerculturalism Replace Multiculturalism? A Plea for ComplementarinessEthical Perspectives 20 (4): 605-630. 2013.A common current refrain laments that multiculturalism has failed as a policy model and that it should be replaced by interculturalism. In this article, we present a critical analysis of the backgrounds and targets of multiculturalism and interculturalism. While multiculturalism concerns rights, equality and justice, interculturalism relates to social cohesion, shared participation and practices. Instead of merely juxtaposing these two paradigms, we illustrate the extent to which they are both d…Read more
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6Over de collectieve en morele dimensies van de individuele vrije meningsuiting. Een Milliaanse benaderingde Uil Van Minerva 35 (3). 2023.
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5Pluriform Accommodation: Justice Beyond Multiculturalism and Freedom of ReligionRes Philosophica 95 (1): 151-178. 2017.The central notion in this article is ‘pluriform accommodation,’ a term that we have coined to defend two lines of thought. The first is a plea for inclusive and consequential neutrality; the second is a closely linked plea for reasonable accommodation. With ‘pluriform accommodation’ we emphasize that the multicultural recognition scope should be expanded. The need for inclusive and accommodative rules, laws, and practices is a matter of principle and as such cannot be reduced to the inclusion o…Read more
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2De ondraaglijke lichtheid van het evenement van de liefde: Alain Badiou & Milan Kunderade Uil Van Minerva 24 71-80. 2011.