Paul Weithman

Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship

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Produktbeschreibung

Studies the validity of religious reasons as a basis for citizens' votes and political positions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780521808576
• ISBN-10: 052180857X
• Artikelnr.: 29338784

Autorenporträt

PAUL J. WEITHMAN is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is editor of Religion and Contemporary Liberalism (1997) and co-editor of the five-volume Philosophy of Rawls (with Henry Richardson, 1999).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgement
1. Introduction
2. Participation, full participation and realized citizenship
3. Religion's role in promoting democracy
4. Public argument
5. The principles
6. Robert Audi on secular reasons
7. John Rawls on public reasons
Conclusion
Select bibliography.