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Secularism and Freedom of Conscience.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (153 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674062955
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Secularism and Freedom of ConscienceDDC classification:
  • 211.6
LOC classification:
  • BL2747
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Secularism Today -- Part 1: Secularism -- 1. Moral Pluralism, Neutrality, and Secularism -- 2. The Principles of Secularism -- 3. Regimes of Secularism -- 4. Public Sphere and Private Sphere -- 5. Religious Symbols and Rituals in the Public Space -- 6. Liberal-Pluralist Secularism: The Case of Quebec -- Part 2: Freedom of Conscience -- 7. The Legal Obligation for Reasonable Accommodation -- 8. Are Religious Beliefs "Expensive Tastes"? Choices, Circumstances, and Individual Responsibility -- 9. The Subjective Conception of Freedom of Religion and the Individualization of Belief -- 10. Does the Legal Obligation for Accommodation Favor Religion? Religious and Secular Convictions of Conscience -- 11. The Reasonable Limits to Freedom of Conscience -- Conclusion: The Future of Secularism -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: Jocelyn Maclure and Charles Taylor provide a clearly reasoned, articulate account of the two main principles of secularism--equal respect, and freedom of conscience--and argue that in our religiously diverse, politically interconnected world, secularism, properly understood, may offer the only path to religious and philosophical freedom.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Secularism Today -- Part 1: Secularism -- 1. Moral Pluralism, Neutrality, and Secularism -- 2. The Principles of Secularism -- 3. Regimes of Secularism -- 4. Public Sphere and Private Sphere -- 5. Religious Symbols and Rituals in the Public Space -- 6. Liberal-Pluralist Secularism: The Case of Quebec -- Part 2: Freedom of Conscience -- 7. The Legal Obligation for Reasonable Accommodation -- 8. Are Religious Beliefs "Expensive Tastes"? Choices, Circumstances, and Individual Responsibility -- 9. The Subjective Conception of Freedom of Religion and the Individualization of Belief -- 10. Does the Legal Obligation for Accommodation Favor Religion? Religious and Secular Convictions of Conscience -- 11. The Reasonable Limits to Freedom of Conscience -- Conclusion: The Future of Secularism -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Jocelyn Maclure and Charles Taylor provide a clearly reasoned, articulate account of the two main principles of secularism--equal respect, and freedom of conscience--and argue that in our religiously diverse, politically interconnected world, secularism, properly understood, may offer the only path to religious and philosophical freedom.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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