On universal morality and the morality of universalism

Plurality is the condition sine qua non of freedom. And there is no morality without freedom. Adherents of a universalist strategy argue that good people have no use for freedom; that freedom is clamoured for by those bent on making wrong choices. Yet is is unbecoming of adherents of a pluralist strategy to believe the contrary - thatfreedom is a sufficient guarantee that goodwill be chosen over evil, and that once we take care of freedom, goodness and beauty will take care of themselves. Further, it is wrong to assume that what is chosen does not matter providing it has been chosen freely. Freedom is there to prod responsibility and assist in making good choices. © 1998 European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes.