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In this chapter Josephine Nielsen argues that liberal multiculturalists should recognize a minority right to raise and keep children within particular cultural communities. She begins by expounding why children should be acknowledged within theories of multiculturalism, and political philosophy more generally. She argues that, if minority members value their culture, then they consequently have an interest in the continued existence of their cultural communities. Along these lines, she defends the position that in order for cultural communities to exist in the future, children, as potential community members should be brought up in the cultural and normative context of these communities. This is her argument for the secondary interest held by members of minority communities. She is convinced that if her arguments hold for the primary and secondary interests of minority members, a defeasible right to children being raised and kept within cultural communities can be justified. Nielsen concludes by considering three possible objections to her proposal. |
