This is the topic we are using for our presentation and with 2 more days to go the group is feeling confident but nervous, hope all goes well. As a group we all researched this topic inside out and then in an attempt to make our presentation with a ' have I got news for you' slant we decided to split our groups into two panels the Liberals who believe in the freedom of the individual and equality for all under the national legislation and the communitarian's who believe in the individuals benefits lie in the community and that the community should come first adopting a almost utilitarian perspective. I personally think the names of each philosophy should swap as the 'Liberals' have a very 'communist' attitude in regards to how everyone should be treated equally full stop, almost like how everyone gets the same amount of ration or wealth in a communist regime which highlights one of the contradictions of 'liberalism' and its plight for the individual. The communitarian's however adopt a more liberal view than the liberals in as much as all is fair and equal in regards to benefiting the community, all groups and cultures are fine together but have to ajoin with majority of people. The problem however with communitarianism is that it can more than often supress an individual also in the given possibility that the individual is righteous yet the majority disagree which shows a moral dilemma or lack of ethical ideals in a society. I agree with Bauldrillard when it comes to the topic of 'seduction' and symbolic exchange showing that if we engage with one another there is less likely to be racism. The reality as he puts it is the other is 'eternal' otherness will always exist the only way to over come any issue is to realise that first a person is a human being than a national. Heres a very simple but informative article on how britain has always been a mixed race nation it even gives statistics up until 2001 on immigrant populations.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/multiculture.html
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Multiculturalism does more harm than good. (Reflection and blog entry)
This is the topic we are using for our presentation and with 2 more days to go the group is feeling confident but nervous, hope all goes well. As a group we all researched this topic inside out and then in an attempt to make our presentation with a ' have I got news for you' slant we decided to split our groups into two panels the Liberals who believe in the freedom of the individual and equality for all under the national legislation and the communitarian's who believe in the individuals benefits lie in the community and that the community should come first adopting a almost utilitarian perspective. I personally think the names of each philosophy should swap as the 'Liberals' have a very 'communist' attitude in regards to how everyone should be treated equally full stop, almost like how everyone gets the same amount of ration or wealth in a communist regime which highlights one of the contradictions of 'liberalism' and its plight for the individual. The communitarian's however adopt a more liberal view than the liberals in as much as all is fair and equal in regards to benefiting the community, all groups and cultures are fine together but have to ajoin with majority of people. The problem however with communitarianism is that it can more than often supress an individual also in the given possibility that the individual is righteous yet the majority disagree which shows a moral dilemma or lack of ethical ideals in a society. I agree with Bauldrillard when it comes to the topic of 'seduction' and symbolic exchange showing that if we engage with one another there is less likely to be racism. The reality as he puts it is the other is 'eternal' otherness will always exist the only way to over come any issue is to realise that first a person is a human being than a national. Heres a very simple but informative article on how britain has always been a mixed race nation it even gives statistics up until 2001 on immigrant populations.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/multiculture.html
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