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020 _a9780691153612 (hbk)
020 _a0691153612 (hbk)
035 _a(OCoLC)786161584
040 _cJCRC
100 1 _aLeiter, Brian
_d1963-
245 1 0 _aWhy Tolerate Religion? /
_cBrian Leiter.
250 _a1st Ed.
260 _aPrinceton :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c2013.
300 _axv, 187 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index.
505 _a"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, for example, can a religious soup kitchen get an exemption from zoning laws in order to expand its facilities to better serve the needy, while a secular soup kitchen with the same goal cannot? Why is a Sikh boy permitted to wear his ceremonial dagger to school while any other boy could be expelled for packing a knife? Why are religious obligations that conflict with the law accorded special toleration while other obligations of conscience are not?
505 _aIn Why Tolerate Religion?, Brian Leiter argues that the reasons have nothing to do with religion, and that Western democracies are wrong to single out religious liberty for special legal protections. He offers new insights into what make s a claim of conscience distinctively "religious", and draws on a wealth of examples from America, Europe, and elsewhere to highlight the important issues at stake. With philosophical acuity, legal insight, and wry humour, Leiter shows why our reasons for tolerating religions are not committed to liberty of conscience is not required by the principle of toleration to grant exemptions to laws that promote the general welfare.'' (Book Cover)
505 _aCONTENTS:
505 _aPreface and Acknowledgements
505 _aIntroduction
505 _aChapter 1 Toleration
505 _aChapter II Religion
505 _aChapter III Why Tolerate Religion?
505 _aChapter IV Why Respect Religion
505 _aChapter V The Law of Religious Liberty in a Tolerant Society
505 _aNotes
650 0 _aReligious tolerance.
650 0 _aFreedom of religion.
856 _uhttps://press.princeton.edu/titles/10357.html
_zPublisher's Website.
856 _uhttps://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/gege1p/alma991000880989705161
_zCheck the UO Library catalog.
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