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Greenawalt Kent <1936-> |
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Religious convictions and political choice [[electronic resource] /] / Kent Greenawalt |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-43993-9 |
0-19-536426-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religion and politics - United States |
Religion and state - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States Religion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographies and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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