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Title:
Why tolerate religion?
Author:
Leiter, Brian.
ISBN:
9781400844852

9781283683579
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 187 pages)
Abstract:
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, for example, can a religious soup kitchen get an exemption from zoning laws in order to expand its facilities to better serve the needy, while a secular soup kitchen with the same goal cannot? Why is a Sikh boy permitted to wear his ceremonial dagger to school while any other boy could be expelled for packing a knife? Why are religious obligations that conflict with the law accorded spe.
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