In the days of Moses, blasphemy was the mortal offence of
failing to respect the divine. In an age of human rights, blasphemy
is understood as a failure to respect persons, as insult,
defamation, or "advocacy of religious hatred." The criminalisation
of this personal blasphemy has been advanced at the United Nations
and upheld by the European Court of Human Rights, which has
asserted a universal "right to respect for religious feelings."
"The Future of Blasphemy" turns respect on its head. Respect
demands that we grant each other equal standing in the moral
community, not that we never offend. Politically, respect for
citizens requires a public discourse that is open to all
viewpoints. Going beyond the question of free speech versus
religion, "The Future of Blasphemy" defends an ethical model of
blasphemy. Controversies surrounding sacrilege are contests over
what counts as sacred, disagreements about what has central,
inviolable, and incommensurable value. In such public contestation
of the sacred, each of usa "secular and religious alikea "has equal
right to speak on its behalf.
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