i'm supposed to be writing an essay but my procrastination skills have gotten just so damn good that i've wasted half a day doing random things, like wash my work shirts and watch youtube videos. =="
my essay topic is:
Is the ‘rule and exemption’ approach to issues of cultural diversity a means of making liberalism and multiculturalism compatible?
It's an interesting topic and I guess I'm split on it. It's hard to apply liberalist values and encourage individualism while trying to treat everyone equally. Rule and exemption. The more I think about it, the more confused I get about my own opinion. To treat a person as an individual is to allow freedom of expression, whatever that expression may be. Rules are then set up to limit this freedom from harming other people. Regulations are made that should really apply to everyone. But some groups claim exemption based on cultural grounds and society often allows this. The group becomes exempt from the rule that everyone else abides by and this creates an uneven playing field. We can only be equal as individuals if the rules that we abide by are all the same. So, I guess my contention is that the rule and exemption theory doesn't really work if its aim is to make liberalism and multiculturalism compatible... I need to read more about it before I make up my mind. :S
I hope everyone is well! I'm trying to blog more often, as you can tell. :)
updations: i think he's a serial flirt artist. :/
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