1996/09/19 by Will Kymlicka · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Mathematics · #Political Philosophy and Ethics #Religious Freedom and Discrimination #American Constitutional Law and Politics #Appeal #Disadvantage #Minority rights #Sovereignty #Economic Justice #Ethnic group #Minority group #Value (mathematics) #Law #Political science #sort #Diversity (politics) #Law and economics #Sociology #Human rights #Mathematics
paper · doi:10.1093/0198290918.003.0006
openalex publication_date 1996/09/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract Explores the main arguments in favour of group‐differentiated rights for ethnic groups and national minorities. In particular, it distinguishes between equality‐based arguments, which aim to show that the minority is facing some sort of unfair disadvantage that can be rectified by a group‐differentiated right, and various history‐based arguments, which aim to show that the minority has some historical claim to the group‐differentiated right, based on prior sovereignty, treaties, or some other historical agreement or precedent. It also considers arguments that appeal to the intrinsic value of cultural diversity, and how these relate to both the equality‐based and history‐based arguments.