Religion in legal thought and practice / Howard Lesnick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lesnick, Howard, 1931- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecclesiastical law.

Religion and law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 623 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

Religion in Legal Thought & Practice

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This book examines moral issues in public and private life from a religious but not devotional perspective. Rather than seeking to prove that one belief system or moral stance is right, it undertakes to help readers more fully understand the effect of religious beliefs and practices on ways of conceiving and addressing moral questions, without having to accept or to reject any specific religious outlook. It shows how the similarities between religions and the differences within any one religion are more important than the reverse. The book asks · Where do moral imperatives come from, and how do the answers found in religion and law interact? · How does the fact that a moral norm is grounded in religion affect our thinking about it? · What is the significance of the differences (and similarities) between religious and secular sources of moral norms?

Contents:

[Pt.] I. Introduction

[Pt.] II. Moral obligation and religious belief

[Pt.] III. Religion and some contemporary moral controversies

[Pt. IV. The interaction between religion and the secular law

[Pt.] V. Responding to religious diversity

[Pt.] VI. Religiously grounded moral decision-making in professional life.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780511760730

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.