Religious convictions and political choice / Kent Greenawalt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenawalt, Kent, 1936-2023.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics--United States.

Religion and politics.

Religion and state--United States.

Religion and state.

United States--Religion.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

1-280-43993-9

0-19-536426-0

OCLC:

476011580