Religious convictions and political choice
Kent Greenawalt.
Bok Engelsk 1988 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : : Oxford University Press, , 1988.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (279 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - 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; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. - 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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| ISBN | 0195049136
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