Why tolerate religion? / Brian Leiter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leiter, Brian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious tolerance.

Freedom of religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

Updated edition with a New Preface

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 are religious obligations that conflict with the law accorded special toleration while other obligations of conscience are not? In Why Tolerate Religion?, Brian Leiter shows why our reasons for tolerating religion are not specific to religion but apply to all claims of conscience, and why a government committed to liberty of conscience is not required by the principle of toleration to grant exemptions to laws that promote the general welfare.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter I. Toleration

Chapter II. Religion

Chapter III. Why Tolerate Religion?

Chapter IV. Why Respect Religion?

Chapter V. The Law of Religious Liberty in a Tolerant Society

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400852345

140085234X

9781283683579

1283683571

9781400844852

1400844851

OCLC:

816511818