Why Tolerate Religion?: Updated Edition

by Brian Leiter

Book Overview

Why it's wrong to single out religious liberty for special legal protections

This provocative book addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory-why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse? Why are religious obligations that conflict with the law accorded special toleration while other obligations of conscience are not? In Why Tolerate Religion?,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691163545
• ISBN13: 9780691163543
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"