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Reconciling Opposites - Religious Freedom and Contractual Ethics in a Democratic Society (Hardcover)
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Reconciling Opposites - Religious Freedom and Contractual Ethics in a Democratic Society (Hardcover)
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The American justice system was founded on the idea of
"majority-rule," but in a democracy this is achievable only if the
majority has the interests of the whole at heart. Since the days of
America's founding, white, Christian males created laws from their
standpoint as the majority, leading them to exercise power in a
largely "majoritarian" way rather than upholding the interests of
all citizens. The nation has not realized its stated ideals of
equality of liberty, opportunity and justice for all. As a
solution, W. Royce Clark formulates a non-majoritarian ethic based
not on any majority but on a universal instinct, the combination of
Albert Schweitzer's "will-to-live" and Friedrich Nietzsche's
"will-to-power," along with democratic principles articulated by
John Rawls and James Madison, which would represent all citizens.
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