Introduction

The fact of pluralism is not simply regarded as problematic for liberals. To the extent that it may be corrosive of universal liberal reasons it will be equally corrosive of any alternative attempts at universal moral or political justification. The implication is taken to be that all reasons are local reasons and all justifications are particular. Conceptions of a just political order are regarded as relative to defined political and cultural contexts. On this understanding, there are no standards of just behaviour or appropriate treatment that apply to everyone.