In my last posts, beginning Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part I, I set out the doctrine of religious restraint and critiqued some of the key arguments in support of it. I looked at the objection that the argument from respect is too thin, that applied consistently it excludes too much and Audi’s response to […]
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Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part IV
November 27th, 2009 Comments Off on Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part IV
Tags: Christopher Eberle · Doctrine of Religious Restraint · Freedom of Religion · Gerald Gaus · Glenn Peoples · Jurisprudence · Law Studies · Philosophy of Religion · Political Philosophy · Public Policy · Religion in Public Life · Robert Audi · Terence Cuneo
Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part III
November 25th, 2009 3 Comments
In my last posts, beginning Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part I, I set out the doctrine of religious restraint and touched on some criticisms of it. I looked at and critiqued some of the key arguments in support of the doctrine of religious restraint. In this post I will look at the objection that […]
Tags: Christopher Eberle · Doctrine of Religious Restraint · Freedom of Religion · Gerald Gaus · Glenn Peoples · John Rawls · Jurisprudence · Law Studies · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Philip Quinn · Philosophy of Religion · Political Philosophy · Public Policy · Religion in Public Life · Robert Audi
Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part II
November 24th, 2009 2 Comments
In my last post, Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part I, I set out the doctrine of religious restraint and touched on some criticisms of it. In this post, I begin looking at and critiquing some of the key arguments in support of the doctrine of religious restraint. II Arguments for the Doctrine of Religious […]
Tags: Christopher Eberle · Doctrine of Religious Restraint · Freedom of Religion · John Rawls · Jurisprudence · Law Studies · Lydia McGrew · Matthew Flannagan · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Philosophy of Religion · Political Philosophy · Public Policy · Religion in Public Life · Robert Audi
Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part I
November 23rd, 2009 31 Comments
In this series I set out the doctrine of religious restraint, the idea that in a pluralistic, liberal, society religious beliefs should not be utilised in the formation of public policy. I note that this doctrine entails an asymmetrical treatment of religious and secular beliefs, which appears to conflict with the central notion of liberal […]
Tags: Christopher Eberle · Doctrine of Religious Restraint · Freedom of Religion · Jurisprudence · Law Studies · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Philip Quinn · Philosophy of Religion · Political Philosophy · Public Policy · Religion in Public Life · Stephen Carter · Terence Cuneo
News, Weather and Sports at MandM
October 10th, 2009 9 Comments
It is that time of the year for those of us engaged in study; deadlines are imminent, exams loom, stress abounds and tunnel vision sets in. For us here are MandM this directly affects 3 members of our family, Matt, Sheridan and myself, all engaged in tertiary study and to a lesser degree, Christian in […]
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R v Field Sentencing Decision now Online
October 7th, 2009 Comments Off on R v Field Sentencing Decision now Online
Justice Hansen’s official sentencing notes in the case of The Queen v Phillip Hans Field (a.k.a former Member of Parliament, Taito Phillip Field) are now online and make for some interesting reading. To begin with, as I read through, I could see Field’s supporters angle; he helped a couple of people out, they thanked him […]
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Sunday Study: Paul on Freedom of Conscience – Romans 14
October 5th, 2009 3 Comments
In the 14th chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans there is an interesting discussion of strictures relating to the eating of meat. The discussion is interesting because it brings up issues which have application beyond the context Paul addressed. Specifically, Paul affirms in these passages the existence of a prima facie right to freedom […]
Tags: Alan Donagan · Aquinas · Augustine · Freedom of Conscience · Sunday Study
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
