The Demand For Religious Equality
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Author |
: Martha C. Nussbaum |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2012-04-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674065918 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674065913 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The New Religious Intolerance by : Martha C. Nussbaum
What impulse prompted some newspapers to attribute the murder of 77 Norwegians to Islamic extremists, until it became evident that a right-wing Norwegian terrorist was the perpetrator? Why did Switzerland, a country of four minarets, vote to ban those structures? How did a proposed Muslim cultural center in lower Manhattan ignite a fevered political debate across the United States? In The New Religious Intolerance, Martha C. Nussbaum surveys such developments and identifies the fear behind these reactions. Drawing inspiration from philosophy, history, and literature, she suggests a route past this limiting response and toward a more equitable, imaginative, and free society. Fear, Nussbaum writes, is "more narcissistic than other emotions." Legitimate anxieties become distorted and displaced, driving laws and policies biased against those different from us. Overcoming intolerance requires consistent application of universal principles of respect for conscience. Just as important, it requires greater understanding. Nussbaum challenges us to embrace freedom of religious observance for all, extending to others what we demand for ourselves. She encourages us to expand our capacity for empathetic imagination by cultivating our curiosity, seeking friendship across religious lines, and establishing a consistent ethic of decency and civility. With this greater understanding and respect, Nussbaum argues, we can rise above the politics of fear and toward a more open and inclusive future.
Author |
: Thomas Jefferson |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 70 |
Release |
: 1774 |
ISBN-10 |
: NYPL:33433112149970 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Summary View of the Rights of British America by : Thomas Jefferson
Author |
: United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 1992 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCBK:C076187160 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis EEOC Compliance Manual by : United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Author |
: United States. Department of Justice |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1988 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:19110395 |
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: |
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: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis United States Attorneys' Manual by : United States. Department of Justice
Author |
: Brian Leiter |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 215 |
Release |
: 2014-08-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400852345 |
ISBN-13 |
: 140085234X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Why Tolerate Religion? by : Brian Leiter
Why it's wrong to single out religious liberty for special legal protections 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.
Author |
: Martha Craven Nussbaum |
Publisher |
: Basic Books (AZ) |
Total Pages |
: 418 |
Release |
: 2008-02-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780465051649 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0465051642 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Liberty of Conscience by : Martha Craven Nussbaum
An analysis of America's commitment to religious liberty uses political history, philosophical ideas, and key constitutional cases to discuss its basis in six principles: equality, respect for conscience, liberty, accommodation of minorities, nonestablishment, and separation of church and state.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 848 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:31951D027372918 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2007, February 2008, 110-2 Report, * by :
Author |
: Kevin Vallier |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 329 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190666187 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190666188 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Religious Exemptions by : Kevin Vallier
Religious exemptions have a long history in American law, but have become especially controversial over the last several years. The essays in this volume address the moral and philosophical issues that the legal practice of religious exemptions often raises.
Author |
: Ajay Skaria |
Publisher |
: U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages |
: 547 |
Release |
: 2016-02-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781452949802 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1452949808 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Unconditional Equality by : Ajay Skaria
Unconditional Equality examines Mahatma Gandhi’s critique of liberal ideas of freedom and equality and his own practice of a freedom and equality organized around religion. It reconceives satyagraha (passive resistance) as a politics that strives for the absolute equality of all beings. Liberal traditions usually affirm an abstract equality centered on some form of autonomy, the Kantian term for the everyday sovereignty that rational beings exercise by granting themselves universal law. But for Gandhi, such equality is an “equality of sword”—profoundly violent not only because it excludes those presumed to lack reason (such as animals or the colonized) but also because those included lose the power to love (which requires the surrender of autonomy or, more broadly, sovereignty). Gandhi professes instead a politics organized around dharma, or religion. For him, there can be “no politics without religion.” This religion involves self-surrender, a freely offered surrender of autonomy and everyday sovereignty. For Gandhi, the “religion that stays in all religions” is satyagraha—the agraha (insistence) on or of satya (being or truth). Ajay Skaria argues that, conceptually, satyagraha insists on equality without exception of all humans, animals, and things. This cannot be understood in terms of sovereignty: it must be an equality of the minor.
Author |
: Charles McCrary |
Publisher |
: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 309 |
Release |
: 2022-04-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226817958 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226817954 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sincerely Held by : Charles McCrary
"If you read Supreme Court opinions on cases involving First Amendment religion issues, you're likely to encounter the ubiquitous phrase "sincerely held religious belief." The "sincerity test" of religious belief has become a cornerstone of US jurisprudence, determining what counts as legitimate grounds for First Amendment claims in the eyes of the law. In Sincerely Held, Charles McCrary provides an original account of how "sincerely held religious belief" became the primary standard for determining what legally counts as genuine religion. McCrary traces the interlocking histories of sincerity, religion, and secularism in the US, starting in the mid-nineteenth century. He then shows how, in the 1940s, as the courts expanded the concept of religious freedom, they incorporated the notion of sincerity as a key element in determining religious freedom protections. The legal sincerity test was part of a larger trend in which the category "religion" became largely individualized and correlated with "belief." This linking of religion and belief, with all its Protestant underpinnings, is a central concern of critical secularism studies. McCrary contributes to this conversation by revealing the history of how sincerity and sincerely held religious belief developed as technologies of secular governance, constraining the type of subject one has to be in order to receive protections from the state"--