Certain supporters of multiculturalism doubt the universality of democratic and liberal values, interpreting this as a form of cultural imperialism. These values, however, although they are undoubtedly the product of Western history, do not lose their universal regulating function, their nature of fundamental rights.
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Ermanno Vitale
Ermanno Vitale teaches Political Philosophy at the Faculty of Political Science and of International Relations in the University of Valle d’Aosta. His most recent essays include: Lus Migrandi (Turin 2004). With Laterza, he published: Liberalism and Multiculturalism. A challenge for democratic theory (2000) and edited Fundamental Rights. A theoretical debate (by L. Ferrajoli, with other authors, 20083).
