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Democratic states must protect the liberty of citizens and must accommodate both religious liberty and cultural diversity. This democratic imperative is one reason for the increasing secularity of most modern democracies. Religious citizens, however, commonly see a secular state as unfriendly toward religion. This book articulates principles that enable secular governments to protect liberty in a way that judiciously separates church and state and fully respects religious citizens. After presenting a brief account of the relation between religion and ethics, the book shows how ethics can be independent of religion-evidentially autonomous in a way that makes moral knowledge possible for secular citizens-without denying religious sources a moral authority of their own. With this account in view, it portrays a church-state separation that requires governments not only to avoid religious establishment but also to maintain religious neutrality. The book shows how religious neutrality is related to such issues as teaching evolutionary biology in public schools, the legitimacy of vouchers to fund private schooling, and governmental support of

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Zaradenie knihy Knihy po anglicky Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Celý názov: Democratic Authority and the Separation of Church and State
• Autor: Robert Audi
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Väzba: Pevná
• Počet strán: 192
• EAN: 9780199796083
• ISBN: 0199796084
• ID: 04536091
• Nakladateľ: Oxford University Press Inc
• Hmotnosť: 360 g
• Rozmery: 212 × 157 × 19 mm
• Dátum vydania: 29. September 2011

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