Why Tolerate Religion?: Updated Edition
Brian Leiter
ISBN 10: 0691163545 ISBN 13: 9780691163543
Published by Princeton University Press, 2014
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Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292. . 2014. Updated edition with a New Preface. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780691163543
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Why it's wrong to single out religious liberty for special legal protections
This provocative book addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory―why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse? Why are religious obligations that conflict with the law accorded special toleration while other obligations of conscience are not? In Why Tolerate Religion?, Brian Leiter shows why our reasons for tolerating religion are not specific to religion but apply to all claims of conscience, and why a government committed to liberty of conscience is not required by the principle of toleration to grant exemptions to laws that promote the general welfare.
About the Author: Brian Leiter is the Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Naturalizing Jurisprudence and Nietzsche on Morality and the coeditor of the annual Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law. He writes the Leiter Reports blog.
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Title: Why Tolerate Religion?: Updated Edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New