'The Future of Democracy. Culture and Immigration'

Quote from his lecture: ‘Out of a misplaced sense of respect for cultural differences, it ceded entirely too much authority to cultural communities to define rules of behavior for their own members. Liberalism cannot ultimately be based on group rights, because not all groups uphold liberal values. The civilization of the European Enlightenment, of which contemporary liberal democracy is the heir, cannot be culturally neutral, since liberal societies have their own values regarding the equal worth and dignity of individuals. Cultures that do not accept these basic premises do not deserve equal protection in a modern liberal democracy. Members of immigrant communities and their offspring deserve to be treated equally as individuals, not as members of cultural communities.’

Peter Hoeben (horn), Marcel Reijans (tenor) and David Bollen (pianist):
Auf dem Strom D943 (Schubert), Le Jeune Pâtre Breton Op. 13 No. 4 from Fleur des Landes by Hector Berlioz, Das Alphorn by Richard Strauss, and Hymne from Serenade Op. 31 by Benjamin Britten.