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The concept of solidarity is both a descriptive and a normative concept. It purports to describe the network of communal relationships from which we derive and that define who we are. It purports, as well, to prescribe our moral and political obligations to that network of communal relationships. We assert five theses with regard to solidarity.
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Capaldi, N. (1999). What’s Wrong with Solidarity?. In: Bayertz, K. (eds) Solidarity. Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9245-1_3
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