The Resource Religious convictions and political choice, Kent Greenawalt
Religious convictions and political choice, Kent Greenawalt
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- Summary
- "How far may Americans properly rely on their religious beliefs when they make and defend political decisions? Are decisions based on religious convictions compatible with liberal democratic premises? Kent Greenawalt dissects such issues as abortion and animal rights to illustrate secular and religious bases for decision making, concluding that citizens cannot be expected to rely exclusively on rational, secular grounds"--Unedited summary from book cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages)
- 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 reasons
- 9. 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 unconstitutionality
- Label
- Religious convictions and political choice
- Title
- Religious convictions and political choice
- Statement of responsibility
- Kent Greenawalt
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "How far may Americans properly rely on their religious beliefs when they make and defend political decisions? Are decisions based on religious convictions compatible with liberal democratic premises? Kent Greenawalt dissects such issues as abortion and animal rights to illustrate secular and religious bases for decision making, concluding that citizens cannot be expected to rely exclusively on rational, secular grounds"--Unedited summary from book cover
- Cataloging source
- MMC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1936-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Greenawalt, Kent
- Dewey number
- 320.019
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BL65.P7
- LC item number
- G73 1991
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Religion and politics
- Religion and state
- United States
- Religion
- Religion and politics
- Religion and state
- United States
- Label
- Religious convictions and political choice, Kent Greenawalt
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 reasons -- 9. 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 unconstitutionality
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)666970687
- Label
- Religious convictions and political choice, Kent Greenawalt
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 reasons -- 9. 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 unconstitutionality
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)666970687
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