Revisiting Universalism

This text begins from the premise, which it seeks to elaborate, that the poorest human being shares with the richest, a natural nature. Using this starting point, the book also seeks to defend an objectivist epistemology. This text begins from the premise, which it seeks to elaborate, that the poorest human being shares with the richest, a natural nature.

This, it is claimed, is not the trivial thesis it is sometimes represented as being. Rather, significant moral consequences flow from the assumption that all human beings share a set of natural needs. Using this starting point, the book also seeks to defend an objectivist epistemology. Review: 'Exciting, challenging, engaging, clear: this book provides a fresh approach to the urgent issue of justice in a divided world.' - Morwenna Griffiths, Professor of Educational Research, Nottingham Trent University, UK 'Alison Assiter has written a very accessible book...which offers a useful counterpoint to the literature on multiculturalism, as well as developing a thesis that resonates with the 'ethical turn' in a considerable amount of contemporary social thought.' - Keith Tester, School of Social, Historical Literary Studies, University of Portsmouth, UK