"The politics of equal respect, then, at least in this more hospitable variant, can be cleared of the charge of homogenizing difference. But there is another way of formulating the charge that is harder to rebut. In this form, however, it perhaps ought not to be rebutted, or so I want to argue.
The charge I am thinking of here is provoked by the claim sometimes made on behalf of "different-blind" liberalism that it can offer a neutral ground on which people of all cultures can meet and coexist." p. 95
"A society with strong collective goals can be liberal, in this view, provided it also is capable of respecting diversity, especially when dealing with those who do not share its common goals; and provided it can offer adequate safeguards for fundamental rights." p. 94
Taylor rightfully state that there will be tensions and difficulties in pursuing these objectives but it is not impossible.
Are we ready to be a liberal society?
Taylor, Charles. (1994). Multiculturalism: A critical reader. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
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