Can God and Caesar Coexist?: Balancing Religious Freedom and International LawYale University Press, 1 ian. 2004 - 266 pagini Bruce Ackerman and James Fishkin argue that Americans can revitalize their democracy and break the cycle of cynical media manipulation that is crippling public life. They propose a new national holiday - Deliberation Day - for each presidential election year. On this day people throughout the country will meet in public spaces and engage in structured debates about issues that divide the candidates in the upcoming presidential election. Deliberation Day is a bold new proposal, but it builds on a host of smaller experiments. Over the past decade, Fishkin has initiated Deliberative Polling events in the United States and elsewhere that bring random and representative samples of voters together for discussion of key political issues. In these events, participants greatly increase their understanding of the issues and often change their minds on the best course of action. Deliberation Day is not merely a novel idea but a feasible reform. Ackerman and Fishkin consider the economic, organisational, and political questions raised by their proposal and explore its relationship to the larger ideals of liberal democracy. |
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... human rights tribunals have tended to avoid clashes between the rights of religious believ- ers and what is perceived to be the common good. Yet another difficulty derives from the fact that many re- ligious dissenters have not gone to ...
... human rights tribunals have tended to avoid clashes between the rights of religious believ- ers and what is perceived to be the common good. Yet another difficulty derives from the fact that many re- ligious dissenters have not gone to ...
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... human rights are affirmed and sometimes enforced . If international law is to assume a super- visory and enforcing role with regard to religious freedom , should we begin to inquire whether individual sovereign states should look to ...
... human rights are affirmed and sometimes enforced . If international law is to assume a super- visory and enforcing role with regard to religious freedom , should we begin to inquire whether individual sovereign states should look to ...
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... human rights were to be created . Governments are not necessarily the friends of their subjects . Rulers often put their own political fortunes ahead of the rights of those they rule . Only if they rule with the consent of the governed ...
... human rights were to be created . Governments are not necessarily the friends of their subjects . Rulers often put their own political fortunes ahead of the rights of those they rule . Only if they rule with the consent of the governed ...
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... human rights . The abdication , or at least the silence , of international law on the subject of religious freedom allows nations to feel certain that they will not be punished for doing dreadful things to persons who practice a ...
... human rights . The abdication , or at least the silence , of international law on the subject of religious freedom allows nations to feel certain that they will not be punished for doing dreadful things to persons who practice a ...
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... human rights , that governments have committed such incredible atrocities ( one thinks of Germany and Cambodia ) that the promoters of uni- versal moral norms should be heeded . The entire movement of international human rights has ...
... human rights , that governments have committed such incredible atrocities ( one thinks of Germany and Cambodia ) that the promoters of uni- versal moral norms should be heeded . The entire movement of international human rights has ...
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Religious Freedom and the European Court of Human Rights | 86 |
Vatican II Vigorously Defends Religious Freedom | 96 |
The Rights of Dissenters | 113 |
Religious Freedom and Issues of Gender and Sexuality | 134 |
The Peoples Republic of China and Religious Freedom | 165 |
Religious Freedom and the Muslim World | 181 |
The Worlds Jewish Community and Religious Freedom | 191 |
Questions of God and Caesar | 212 |
Appendix A United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief 1981 | 247 |
Appendix B Vatican II Statement on the Jews | 253 |
Selected Bibliography | 255 |
Index | 257 |
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Can God and Caesar Coexist?: Balancing Religious Freedom and International Law Robert F. Drinan Previzualizare limitată - 2005 |
Can God and Caesar Coexist?: Balancing Religious Freedom and International Law Robert F. Drinan Previzualizare limitată - 2004 |
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