e discriminated-against groups of the moment, while the Irish - who suffered nearly a century of discrimination that only ended when one of their own was elected President of the United States - are considered by these groups to be among the oppressor groups in the country. (Blasius, 1994, 87)
The liberal emphasis on conditions to examine and pursue one's ends is problematic for three reasons when considering cultural goods. First, insistence on a political identity which values basic individual equality and liberty may pose problems for groups whose comprehensive doctrines place more value on a social self. Second, the notion of individual choice assumes that a culture, or parts of it, can be forfeited for something else that is more valuable. This assumption undermines the idea of a culture as a coherent whole. Choice is also at odds with the importance of culture in identity formation, as asserted by many multiculturalists. Third, the notion of free choice presumes some level of
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