Pluralism Against the Demand for Consensus |
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Author:
| Rescher, Nicholas |
Series title: | Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-823601-6 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1995 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Clarendon Press |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $83.00 |
Book Description:
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Nicholas Rescher explores and criticizes the utopian tendency to put a high value on consensus. On the other hand, he rejects the facile relativism that pervades contemporary social and academic life. He advocates instead the more realistic and pragmatic approach of pluralism: society should accept and accomodate its internal differences, rather than seek to constrain agreement in matters of opinion, valuation, and choice.
Nicholas Rescher explores and criticizes the utopian tendency to put a high value on consensus. On the other hand, he rejects the facile relativism that pervades contemporary social and academic life. He advocates instead the more realistic and pragmatic approach of pluralism: society should accept and accomodate its internal differences, rather than seek to constrain agreement in matters of opinion, valuation, and choice.