Last post, I examined two different definitions of pluralism: one which describes a state of society characterized by cultural, religious, ethnic, and other forms of diversity and one which embraces such a state of society. I then tried to distinguish the second definition from relativism. This post, I’d like to return to that first definition and examine why pluralism poses a problem for social systems. I don’t pretend that anything in this post will be especially original or profound, but it sets up a series of posts that I want to write starting next month.