ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the multiculturalism and its role in the development of a global civil society. It also discusses the intense contemporary importance, which is a consideration of the impact of the Arab Spring, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), civil war in Syria, and terrorism on the survival of civil society, both inside the Middle East and beyond it. A multicultural society is one that contains several different groups with diverse traditions and backgrounds. This "communicative" view of social values arose primarily as a critique of "scientific reason". Rawls discusses a list of eight principles of justice that would be the basis for a Law of Peoples. A few modern liberal states appear to have been somewhat successful at reducing the influence of and identification with cultural groups. The United States, on the other hand, is a place where both civic and cultural identities are allowed to flourish.
