According to Thomson there is a fundamental plurality of ways of being good.
There are no transsexuals" (1994, 212) in order to underline the plurality of ways in which gender (as identity and desire central) can be "fictionalized".
On Price's view plurality exists in the world of an entirely familiar kind: a plurality of ways of talking and ways of behaviour which don't need to be mirrored in an ontology of any kind.
Marxism has made important advances in this area but Anderson notes the "simple-mindedness" of most Marxists on moral questions - altruism seems to be the peak of their thinking about morality (Cf., remarks on Kautsky, SEP, 321) and little consideration is given to the importance of a plurality of ways of living.
Thus, liberalism historically has sought to foster a plurality of different ways of life, or different conceptions of the "good life," by protecting the rights and interests of first the middle class and religious minorities, then the working class and the poor, and finally racial minorities, women, gays and lesbians, and the physically or mentally disabled.
As globalization leads to greater integration of world economies, the world after the Brundtland report has seen greater fragmentation among viewpoints, where critics of globalization have generally used the concept of sustainability in a plurality of different ways (Sneddon, Howarth and Norgaard 2006).
All three deal with the plurality of possible ways to distinguish things, either as "the same" or "different" or as parts of a whole, ranging from the smallest possible part the infinitesimal to the largest possible whole, the "Great One," which includes everything in the cosmos.
Against this background, and based upon our empirical material of a strategic program for university-industry collaborations, we have now identified a plurality of roles and ways-of-being of the intermediary: The Power Promoter (Dominance), the Diplomat (Compromise), and the Creative Integrator (Integration).
Whereas modernist cultural responses to the ephemeral character of modern life cling to ideas of unity, postmodernism accepts difference and irreducible conflict in human affairs, and plurality in ways of being and knowing.
"This way, plurality of voice is maintained.
Republicans counter that polls show a plurality of Americans disapprove of the way the Benghazi attack was handled.
