Moral Monism vs. Moral Pluralism in Western Philosophical and Political Thought
The article analyzes two types of worldview underlying modern political orientations of West-European society: moral monism (a worldview that presupposes that there is one and the same good for all and consequently one and the same way of life all people should follow to attain the good) and moral pluralism (a worldview that puts forward the idea of a possibility of multiple goods and multiple ways of life). The author seeks to understand which worldview has been more influential in terms of forging West-European mentality