Introduction Xiii
Part I Living With Cultural Paradoxes = 1
Paradoxes of Culture = 3
Why 'culture?' = 3
A Consensus View = 9
Three Paradoxes = 14
Cultural 'community' and 'tradition' = 19
The Ethical Significance of Culture = 25
Qualifying Ethical Significance = 25
The Ethical Significance of Tradition = 29
Of Character Traits = 33
Of Cultivated Sentiments = 38
Of Community = 47
A Cultural Critique of Cultural Relativism = 54
Case Closed? = 54
Discontents With Philosophers' Critiques = 57
The Cultural Critique = 64
Case Against Irrational Cultural Relativism = 69
Part Ii Transcending Dichotomies = 73
Destructive of Cultural Community? = 75
The Collapse of 'individual Vs. Collective' = 76
Human Rights to Culture: An Oxymoron? = 85
Prerequisites for Viable Communities = 92
Intolerant of Cultural Pluralism? = 102
Pluralism With Moral Purpose = 104
The Intolerance of Toleration = 111
Part Iii Validating Rights: The View from Anywhere = 119
Cross-cultural Via The Inter-subjective = 121
The Return to The Ordinary = 121
Between Objectivity and Subjectivity = 127
Identifying Effective Equivalents = 131
Uncovering Core Functions = 135
Ruling Out Corrupt Judgments = 140
From Human Values to Inherent Rights = 143
Ask Us Why We All Agree = 143
The Leap of Conscience = 155
Constructing Rights = 159
From Practical Reasons to Extrinsic Rights = 166
Rights As Instruments = 166
Integrity and Trade-off = 172
Contingent Universality = 182
An Unfair Utopia? = 185
'unrealistic,' 'unfair,' and Other Criticisms = 185
'centrifugal Circles' of Duties = 190
Fairness, Impartiality, and Institutions = 199
Postscript = 211
Notes = 218
Bibliography = 252
Index = 264
Part I Living With Cultural Paradoxes = 1
Paradoxes of Culture = 3
Why 'culture?' = 3
A Consensus View = 9
Three Paradoxes = 14
Cultural 'community' and 'tradition' = 19
The Ethical Significance of Culture = 25
Qualifying Ethical Significance = 25
The Ethical Significance of Tradition = 29
Of Character Traits = 33
Of Cultivated Sentiments = 38
Of Community = 47
A Cultural Critique of Cultural Relativism = 54
Case Closed? = 54
Discontents With Philosophers' Critiques = 57
The Cultural Critique = 64
Case Against Irrational Cultural Relativism = 69
Part Ii Transcending Dichotomies = 73
Destructive of Cultural Community? = 75
The Collapse of 'individual Vs. Collective' = 76
Human Rights to Culture: An Oxymoron? = 85
Prerequisites for Viable Communities = 92
Intolerant of Cultural Pluralism? = 102
Pluralism With Moral Purpose = 104
The Intolerance of Toleration = 111
Part Iii Validating Rights: The View from Anywhere = 119
Cross-cultural Via The Inter-subjective = 121
The Return to The Ordinary = 121
Between Objectivity and Subjectivity = 127
Identifying Effective Equivalents = 131
Uncovering Core Functions = 135
Ruling Out Corrupt Judgments = 140
From Human Values to Inherent Rights = 143
Ask Us Why We All Agree = 143
The Leap of Conscience = 155
Constructing Rights = 159
From Practical Reasons to Extrinsic Rights = 166
Rights As Instruments = 166
Integrity and Trade-off = 172
Contingent Universality = 182
An Unfair Utopia? = 185
'unrealistic,' 'unfair,' and Other Criticisms = 185
'centrifugal Circles' of Duties = 190
Fairness, Impartiality, and Institutions = 199
Postscript = 211
Notes = 218
Bibliography = 252
Index = 264