Grounding the View from Nowhere？ Essentialism, Liberal Universalism, and Cultural Relativism  

作　　者：Philip A. Michelbach 

机构地区：[1]West Virginia University

出　　处：《Journal of Philosophy Study》2012年第4期244-250,共7页哲学研究（英文版）

摘　　要：How can Western political thought engage non-Western cultures if liberalism is--in Thomas Nagel＇s famous formulation-a view from nowhere？ This paper seeks to investigate the philosophical problems at the nexus of moral relativism and liberal universalism that Martha Nussbaum attempted to come to terms with in her essay Human Functioning and Social Justice： In Defense of Aristotelian Essentialism. I argue not against the idea of essentialism but rather for greater care in the concept＇s application.

关 键 词：ESSENTIALISM LIBERALISM Martha Nussbaum RELATIVISM ARISTOTLE 

分 类 号：N02[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学] G04[文化科学]