La pensée de Charles Taylor sur les deux libéralismes au Canada

Montreal-born and McGill University professor emeritus Charles Taylor (b. 1931) is a prominent figure in Canadian political philosophy. The author analyzes a text by Taylor dating from 1991 entitled "Convergences et divergences à propos des valeurs entre le Québec et le Canada" (Convergences and Divergences about Values ​​between Quebec and Canada). The author explains that Taylor presents in this text two models of liberal societies. The first emphasizes individual rights and non-discrimination. According to this model, the author writes, a society is liberal if it remains neutral with regard to the objectives and values ​​which form the goals of life. Taylor believes that Canada outside Quebec has adopted this type of liberalism. The second model, which would be adopted by Quebec society, would promote certain collective objectives. The State would defend there a particular conception of the good. According to the author, Taylor presents Canada as the scene of a clash between these two conceptions of liberalism.

Master's Thesis

Université Laval

Québec

2000

v-155p.

fr