Legal scholar Stephen Carter stated, One good way to end a conversation – or start an argument – is to tell a group of well educated professionals that you hold a political position (preferably a controversial one such as being against abortion or pornography) because it is required by your understanding of God’s will. In [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Christopher Eberle'
Contra Mundum: Secularism and Public Life
June 1st, 2010 59 Comments
Tags: Christopher Eberle · Contra Mundum · Doctrine of Religious Restraint · Investigate Magazine · Michael Tooley · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Philip Quinn · Religion and Public Life · Richard Rorty · Robert Audi · Stephen Carter · Terence Cuneo
Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part VI
December 3rd, 2009 No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Christopher Eberle · Doctrine of Religious Restraint · Freedom of Religion · Jurisprudence · Law Studies · Lydia McGrew · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Phillip Quinn · Philosophy of Religion · Political Philosophy · Public Policy · Religion and Public Life · Robert Audi · Stephen Carter · Terence Cuneo
Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part V
November 30th, 2009 1 Comment
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 [...]
Tags: Christopher Eberle · Doctrine of Religious Restraint · Edward Feser · Freedom of Religion · Jurisprudence · Law Studies · Philosophy of Religion · Political Philosophy · Public Policy · Religion and Public Life · Terence Cuneo
Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part IV
November 27th, 2009 No Comments
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 [...]
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 and 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 and 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 and Public Life · Robert Audi
Religious Restraint and Public Policy: Part I
November 23rd, 2009 29 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 [...]
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Religion and Public Life: A Response to Russell Brown and Paul Litterick
August 3rd, 2007 11 Comments
Paul Litterick was recently interviewed by Russell Brown on Public Address. The topic predictably is his criticism of conservative Christian groups whom Russell appears to have no time for. Here I will make to criticisms of this broadcast, first one of Russell Brown and the second of Litterick. Turning first to Russell Brown; Brown mentioned [...]
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