Private consciences and public reasons

Private consciences and public reasons / Kent Greenawalt.

This book addresses problems such as: what bases should officials and citizens employ in reaching political decisions and justifying their positions? Should they feel free to rely on whatever grounds seem otherwise persuasive to them, like religious convictions, or should they restrict themselves to...

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Main Author: Greenawalt, Kent, 1936-2023
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Religion and politics > United States.
Religion and state > United States.
Liberty of conscience > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Liberty of conscience
Religion
Religion and politics
Religion and state
Politieke filosofie.
Godsdiensten.
Gewetensvrijheid.
United States > Religion.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Settling Sretna Bosna
  • 3. Accessible and Nonaccessible Grounds of Political Decision
  • 4. Religious Grounds and Grounds Based on Other Comprehensive Perspectives
  • 5. Simple Arguments for No Restraint: Some Answers and Necessary Qualifications
  • 6. Restraint as to Religious Grounds: Separation of Church and State
  • 7. Excluding Grounds That Are Nonaccessible, Based on Comprehensive Views, or Based on Controversial Ideas of the Good Life
  • 8. Acceptable and Unacceptable Religious Grounds?
  • 9. No Restraint: Arguments from Religious Freedom, Equality, and Enrichment
  • 10. Self-Restraint on Fundamentals
  • 11. Autonomy, Generality, and Foundations of Principles of Restraint
  • 12. Self-Restraint in Decision and Advocacy and Public Roles
  • 13. Judicial Decisions and Opinions
  • 14. Decision and Advocacy by Legislators and Citizens
  • 15. Religious Organizations and Political Life.

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