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Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life
Austin Dacey
ISBN 13: 9781591026044
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
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Book Description: Prometheus Books, United States, 2008. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 236 x 164 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. The open, secular society is in retreat. From Washington to Rome to Tehran, religion is a public matter as never before, and secular values - personal autonomy, toleration, separation of religion and state, and freedom of conscience - are attacked on all sides and defended by few. The godly claim a monopoly on the language of morality in public debate, while secular liberals stand accused of standing for nothing. Secular liberals have undone themselves. For generations, too many have insisted that questions of conscience-religion, ethics, and values are 'private matters' that have no place in public debate. Ironically, this ideology prevents them from subjecting religion to due scrutiny when it encroaches on individual rights and from unabashedly defending their own moral vision in politics for fear of 'imposing' their beliefs on others. In this incisive book, philosopher Austin Dacey calls for a bold rethinking of the nature of conscience and its role in public life.Inspired by an earlier liberal tradition he traces to Spinoza and John Stuart Mill, Dacey urges liberals to lift their self-imposed gag order and argues for a secularism based on the objective moral value of questions of conscience. He likens conscience to the press in an open society: it should be protected from coercion and control, not because it is private, but because of its vital role in the public sphere. Conscience is free, but not free from shared standards of truth and right. Marshalling the latest research on belief, the mind, and ethics, "The Secular Conscience" delivers a compelling ideal for the future of the open, secular society. Bookseller Inventory # AAS9781591026044 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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