Law, liberty, and Christian morality

There is a long liberal political tradition of marshalling arguments aimed at convincing Christians that distinctively Christian reasons for issuing coercive laws are not sufficient to justify those laws. In the first part of this paper I argue that the two most popular of these arguments, attributa...

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Main Author: Swan, Kyle (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2007
In: Religious studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 395-415
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Locke, John 1632-1704 / Freedom / Morality / Philosophy of law
RelBib Classification:NCA Ethics
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