Modus Vivendi: Concept of Coexistence in Pluralist Global Society
Modus Vivendi: Concept of Coexistence in Pluralist Global Society

Summary/Abstract: Modus Vivendi is Gray’s political concept which he links to Hobbes’ political theory whose purpose is to temporarily establish the coexistence of intransigent sides i.e. ways of life. In other words, modus vivendi is a solution aimed at limiting the scope of political insecurity in plural societies by providing the minimal content of coexistence. As this is offered as a potential solution for contemporary societies marked by value-pluralist conflicts, the author looks into the viability of the modus vivendi concept of coexistence. The fact is that modus vivendi has been criticized as a concept generating the problems it does not provide answers to, such as the issue of stability and morality/justice. In Hobbes’ traditional interpretation which Gray adopted, these are not the questions that the pluralist modus vivendi approach should provide answers to.

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