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Religious Convictions and Political Choice (Hardcover)
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How far may Americans properly rely on their religious beliefs when
they make and defend political decisions? For example, are ordinary
citizens or legislators doing something wrong when they consciously
allow their decisions respecting abortion laws to be determined by
their religious views? Despite its intense contemporary relevance,
the full dimensions of this issue have until now not been
thoroughly examined. Religious Convictions and Political Choice
represents the first attempt to fill this gap. Beginning with an
account of the basic premises of our liberal democracy, Greenawalt
moves to a comparison between rational secular grounds of decision
and grounds based on religious convictions. He discusses particular
issues such as animal rights and abortion, showing how religious
convictions can bear on an individual's decisions about them, and
inquires whether reliance on such convictions is compatible with
liberal democratic premises. In conclusion, he argues that citizens
cannot be expected to rely exclusively on rational, secular
grounds.
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