(2002, p. 1) As Roger Brownsword notes, moreover, we should not consider moral pluralism a problem for bioethics, but should see it as the source of its socio-political utility: providing 'outsiders' with the chance to broker compromises and facilitate 'the process of practical decision-making' (2008, p. 29).
Plebiscites of this nature are thought to establish a direct link between the rulers and the ruled; intermediaries such as political parties are bypassed, and for this reason plebiscites are sometimes considered antithetical to pluralism and competitive politics.
And more important still, consider what India's ancient pluralism -- embodied in the Vedic maxim, "Truth is one, the wise call it by different names" -- offers a modern world torn by religious and ethnic tension.
Another variety of logical pluralism results if we consider that there might be different correct logics for different kinds of truth-bearer, as is argued in (Russell 2008).
Emphasis on such relatively narrow standards of proof has prompted Schrecker [ 97] to provocatively query "Can health equity survive epidemiology?" – and conclude that it is essential to consider and pursue broader approaches (methodological pluralism).
He has never ruled out a return to pluralism but now he says he will consider it.
Jains thus consider anekāntavāda as a positive concept corresponding to religious pluralism that transcends monism and dualism, implying a sophisticated conception of a complex reality.
We consider the place of self-care in the context of medical pluralism, and also ask: what day-to-day self-care practices are patients already using for themselves; what factors may be associated with greater use of self-care; and what sources of information for self-care do patients utilise, and value?
For example, there is a tension between the universalizing impulses of early Confucianism Confucius and Mencius did not consider the possibility of morally legitimate alternatives to their values and the moral pluralism that tends to characterize the modern world.
Unificationists continue to hold out for one method essential to science; nihilism is a form of radical pluralism, which considers the effectiveness of any methodological prescription to be so context sensitive as to render it not explanatory on its own.
