Why Tolerate Religion?

Name: Why Tolerate Religion?
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ISBN: 9780691153612

ISBN-10: 0691153612

ISBN-13: 9780691153612

Edition: 2013

Authors: Brian Leiter

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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?In Why Tolerate Religion?, Brian…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.70" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.858



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction



Toleration



Religion



Why Tolerate Religion?



Why Respect Religion?



The Law of Religious Liberty in a Tolerant Society


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index