Religion and Public Reason: An Epistemological Interpretation
Using Audi’s argument for secular public debate as a starting point, which argues for the exclusion of religion from individuals’ public political discourse, this paper argues that it is a fundamental obligation of all citizens in a pluralistic liberal democracy to adhere to a notion of ‘public reas...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Equinox Publ.
2009
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Année: 2009, Volume: 22, Numéro: 1, Pages: 64-82 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
John Rawls
B Epistemology B Religion B Public Reason B Robert Audi |
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Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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Résumé: | Using Audi’s argument for secular public debate as a starting point, which argues for the exclusion of religion from individuals’ public political discourse, this paper argues that it is a fundamental obligation of all citizens in a pluralistic liberal democracy to adhere to a notion of ‘public reason’. It does not, however accept Audi and Rawls’ interpretations of the notion of public reason uncritically. Through a comparative study of both philosophers’ principles, a new interpretation of the notion is put forward which focuses on epistemic sources as the crucial criteria for deciding what counts as public reason. |
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ISSN: | 2047-7058 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal for the academic study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/arsr.v22i1.64 |