Will Kymlicka Quotes
Will Kymlicka is a Canadian political philosopher, Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University, and one of the most influential contemporary theorists of multiculturalism and minority rights within the liberal tradition. Liberalism, Community, and Culture and Multicultural Citizenship defended a liberal theory of group-differentiated rights, in which the protection of cultural minorities is understood as a precondition rather than an exception to liberal individualism, while Zoopolis, co-written with Sue Donaldson, extended his theory of citizenship to non-human animals as members of mixed human-animal communities. The quotes below are attributed to Will Kymlicka, organized by topic.
Will Kymlicka on Freedom
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Attributed to Will Kymlicka:
“Cultural membership is one of the conditions of meaningful individual choice.”
Will Kymlicka on Politics
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Attributed to Will Kymlicka:
“Multicultural citizenship is not the abandonment of liberalism; it is liberalism's coming to terms with the cultural conditions of its own ideals.”
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Attributed to Will Kymlicka:
“Minority rights are not exceptions to liberal principles; they are their consistent application.”
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“Animals are not just objects of compassion; they are members of mixed political communities.”
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Attributed to Will Kymlicka:
“A liberalism that ignores cultural difference is a liberalism that has not yet thought through its own commitments.”