Religion in Politics: Constitutional and Moral PerspectivesOxford University Press, 1997 - 168 pagini In this book, Michael Perry addresses several fundamental questions about the proper role of religion in the politics of a liberal democracy, which is a central, recurring issue in the politics of the United States. The controversy about religion in politics comprises both constitutional and moral questions. According to the constitutional law of the United States, government may not "establish" religion. Given this "nonestablishment" requirement, what role (if any) is it constitutionally permissible for religion to play in the politics of the United States? Does a legislator or other public official, or even an ordinary citizen, violate the nonestablishment requirement by presenting a religious argument in public debate about what political choice to make? Not every liberal democracy is constitutionally committed to an ideal of nonestablishment. Even in the absence of such a constitutional requirement, however, fundamental political-moral questions remain. Is it morally appropriate for citizens - in particular, legislators and other public officials - to present religious arguments about the morality of human conduct in public political debate? Is it morally appropriate for them to rely on such arguments in making a political choice? In addressing these and other questions, Perry criticizes recent work by Kent Greenawalt, John Rawls, and John Finnis. |
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... controversy the question of what public policy regarding abor- tion ought to be - should be resolved according to the ideal of public rea- son.72 ( That the abortion controversy presents the sort of fundamental political issue Rawls ...
... controversy the question of what public policy regarding abor- tion ought to be - should be resolved according to the ideal of public rea- son.72 ( That the abortion controversy presents the sort of fundamental political issue Rawls ...
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... controversy about abortion - the debate about what public policy regarding abortion should be — looms large in the ... controversial stage of its case , on a reli- gious argument about the requirements of human well - being 70 Religion ...
... controversy about abortion - the debate about what public policy regarding abortion should be — looms large in the ... controversial stage of its case , on a reli- gious argument about the requirements of human well - being 70 Religion ...
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... controversial . The central question for such theories is whether in the course of shaping underdeterminate legal materials a court may sometimes rely on a controversial nonlegal norm . My position , which I have developed at length ...
... controversial . The central question for such theories is whether in the course of shaping underdeterminate legal materials a court may sometimes rely on a controversial nonlegal norm . My position , which I have developed at length ...
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Introduction Religion in Politics | 3 |
One The Constitutional Law of Religious Freedom | 9 |
Free Exercise Nonestablishment and the Problem | 25 |
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