Religious Commitment and Secular Reason

Religious Commitment and Secular Reason

Many religious people are alarmed about features of the current age--violence in the media, a pervasive hedonism, a marginalization of religion, and widespread abortion. These concerns influence politics, but just as there should be a separation between church and state, so should there be a balance between religious commitments and secular arguments calling for social reforms. Robert Audi offers a principle of secular rationale, which does not exclude religious grounds for action but which rules out restricting freedom except on grounds that any rational citizen would accept. This book describes the essential commitments of free democracy, explains how religious and secular moral considerations can be integrated to facilitate cooperation in a world of religious pluralism, and proposes ideals of civic virtue that express the mutual respect on which democracy depends.

Country	USA
Author	Robert Audi
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Cambridge University Press
EAN	9780521775700
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0521775701
Label	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	272
PublicationDate	2000-03-13
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Studio	Cambridge University Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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