arguments for the recognition of cultural diversity have led to a fundamental question in political theory: on what basis the process of political decision making should be formed to accommodate cultural diversity as a permanent feature of contemporary societies? the aim of this paper is to examine whether 'dialogue' can be employed as a means in such a process. the first section of this paper...

John Rawls characterizes political rationality as narrowly self-regarding and therefore incapable of motivating other-regard, self-moderation, or cooperative behavior. He ascribes these properties solely to reasonable, principled, reasoning. This article evaluates Rawls’s account by investigating his characterization the democratic modus vivendi, which builds upon this account: asserts that viv...

One major focus of recent value‐pluralist literature has been the question of what normative consequences follow from pluralism. This essay critically examines three arguments that attempt to show that either liberalism or a bounded modus vivendi is the state of affairs that pluralism makes morally preferable. All three arguments are shown to encounter the same fundamental problem—once we have ...

Vasily Surikov’s and Piotr Konchalovsky’s kinship, the kinship of representatives different generations Russian art various creative aspirations, is considered in aspect interconnections context cultural processes early 20th century. Here it should be remembered their similar modus vivendi, joint trips to Siberia, Surikovʼs homeland, Krasnoyarsk, also Europe – Germany, or France, Spain; common ...