Document Type

Article

Publication Title

California Law Review

Abstract

In this paper I consider and criticize the following position: a community is entitled to uphold and enforce its own distinctive mores, norms, and standards through the agency of the law, even though this enforcement may seem undesirable from the wider point of view of liberal morality or moral philosophy. According to this view, which is often labeled "communitarianism," a community is entitled to do this for the sake of its own moral and cultural particularity, and in order to preserve its unique identity, its boundaries and its heritage.

First Page

561

DOI

https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38RQ99

Volume

77

Publication Date

1989

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