... meanings as a critical standard, and his role isinterpretation. According to his account, the social critic identi®es and understands a society's shared values and interprets existing or ... include life and liberty (Walzer1977, 1983, 1987, and 1988). The job of the social critic, Walzerargues, is to interpret the practices and social understandings of thesociety around him and to criticize ... ``Liberalism and the Art of Separation''(1984: 321), and Thick and Thin (1994a: 57±58).25Walzer defends mutual respect and self-respect in Spheres of Justice (1983: 321 and 258,310,...