Religious Convictions and Political Choice.

Religious Convictions and Political Choice.

This examination of an important contemporary issue begins with the basic precepts of liberal democracy, and compares rational, secular grounds for decision-making with grounds based on religious conviction.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greenawalt, Kent
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
Subjects:
Religion and politics > United States.
Religion and state > United States.
Religion
Religion and politics
Religion and state
United States > Religion.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; I. Liberal Democracy and Publicly Accessible Reasons; 1. The Aim and Scope of the Inquiry; 2. Premises of Liberal Democracy and the Place of Religion; 3. The Relevance of Religious Convictions for Political Choice; 4. Publicly Accessible Grounds of Decision and Religious Convictions; II. Political Choices and Religious Convictions; 5. Inappropriate Grounds of Restriction: Consenting Sexual Acts as Sins; 6. Borderlines of Status I: Animal Rights and Environmental Policy; 7. Borderlines of Status II: Abortion.
  • 8. Borderlines of Status III: Religious Convictions and the Limits of Publicly Accessible Reasons9. Moral Standards, Evaluative Comparisons, and Facts: Welfare Assistance and Other Issues; 10. Church-State Problems; 11. Religious Bases That Conflict with Common Forms of Reasoning; III. Dialogue, Official Action, and Constitutionality; 12. Appropriate Political Discourse in a Liberal Society; 13. Religious Convictions and Official Action; 14. The Boundaries of Constitutionality; Index; A.

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