ABSTRACT
Charles Taylor’s defence of liberalism aims to provide a methodological and substantive corrective to an influential form of liberalism focused on methodological individualism, individual rights, rigid neutrality, and an abstract conception of reason. Taylor’s goal is to retrieve the relevance of community, common good, and the recognition of difference for the theoretical development of a hermeneutic liberalism with a view to practical conflicts involving national, religious, cultural, and other claims for recognition. 1
