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Forms of Universalism and Monism

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Revisiting Universalism

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I have offered a preliminary critique of pluralism. In later chapters I will outline a universalist viewpoint in relation both to some moral values and to certain epistemic questions. In this chapter I shall look at some critiques of forms of universalism and monism. I shall anticipate my own perspective to some extent in what follows. I shall also, in this chapter, begin to differentiate the form of universalism I wish to defend, by offering a critique of some of the work of one recent liberal universalist.

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    Alison Assiter (Assistant Vice-Chancellor and Pro Dean)

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Assiter, A. (2003). Forms of Universalism and Monism. In: Revisiting Universalism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230508026_3

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