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Why Tolerate Religion?

By Brian Leiter

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
0691163545, 9780691163543
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2491521 bytes)
Pages
216\215
Time added
2014-10-31 11:14:45

Description

This provocative book addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory--why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse? Why are religious obligations that conflict with the law accorded special toleration while other obligations of conscience are not? In Why Tolerate Religion?, Brian Leiter shows why our reasons for tolerating religion are not specific to religion but apply to all claims of conscience, and why a government committed to liberty of conscience is not required by the principle of toleration to grant exemptions to laws that promote the general welfare.

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