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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Relevance and Conflict Problems -- 2 The Passive Conception of Practical Reasoning -- 3 The Contextualist Response -- 4 The Importance of Importance -- 5 The End of a Life: A Relevance Problem -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Bringing together leading scholars on multiculturalism, this book confronts the reality of moral conflict in the debate on multiculturalism while resisting the simplification which frequently accompanies commentary on both sides of a polarised debate.

In 1986 a national opinion poll indicated that over half of Irish voters favored an upcoming referendum to remove the constitutional ban on divorce. Yet, after nine weeks of vigorous debate during which forces on both sides of the issue presented their cases to the public, the amendment was defeated.In Debating Divorce, Michele Dillon uses the divorce referendum debate in Ireland as a base from which to explore the long-standing sociological preoccupation with how societies decide questions of values. Focusing on culture and moral conflict, she examines the stances adopted by the major player

Cultures at War explains the rise and impact of moral conflicts on the recent political life of western democracies. Smith and Tatalovich conceptualize all moral conflicts as clashes between egalitarian and hierarchical forces. At their core, moral conflicts are debates over "identity" and the status of various groups in society. The book is organized around the "stages" of the policy process, especially agenda-setting and adoption. How the policy process is affected by moral debate is analyzed through numerous case studies drawn mainly from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Central to the entire analysis are three moral conflicts - capital punishment, homosexuality, and abortion - though others, for example gun control, euthanasia, and fox hunting, are included to illustrate specific points