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This book involves a study of the influence of religion, mainly that of Christianity and Hinduism, on the formation of the values in the Indian Civil Service (ICS) and its successor, Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The book deals with the problem of administrative corruption in the IAS, which is the premier civil service of the country. The study attempts to ferret out the root causes of corruption in the Indian society, and especially in the government services like the IAS, through a socio-religious analysis of religion in society. The book is a result of a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of study that include a thorough survey and in-depth interviews of the serving officers of the Karnataka cadre

En Andalucía, parece darse una manifiesta disociación entre religión y comportamientos éticos y políticos. Siendo la autonomía que mayor confianza tiene en la Iglesia como institución, cuando fundamenta aspectos como la honradez o el mal, acude primariamente no a explicaciones religiosas sino humanistas; se manifiestan en contra de la prohibición de los anticonceptivos y, casi una mitad, favorable al aborto. En política mayoritariamente votan a un partido que mantiene teórica y prácticamente posiciones contrarias a las de una Iglesia a la que la mayoría de sus votantes dicen pertenecer. Y junto a estas opiniones y comportamientos, aparece el actual auge de celebraciones religiosas populares, que más parecen depender de la organización y comportamientos urbanos de la sociedad de masas que de un nuevo florecimiento del catolicismo entre los andaluces. ; In Andalusia (Spain), there seems to be an manifest dissociation between religion and ethical and political behavior. As the autonomic community with the most trust in the Church as institution, when fundamental aspects like "honesty" or "evil" are presented, they are associated primarily with humanist and not religious explanations; Andalusians are opposed to contraceptive prohibition, and nearly half are in favour of abortion. In politics, they largely vote for the party maintaining theoretical and practical positions against those of the Church, to which most of its voters say they belong. And along with these opinions and behaviors, there is a current flourish in popular religious celebrations, which perhaps depends more on urban organization and behavior in the society of the masses than on a new bloomimg of Catholicism among Andalusians. ; Grupo de Investigación Antropología y Filosofía (SEJ-126). Universidad de Granada

1. On Religious Ethics and Social Criticism -- Part I. Humanism, Human Dignity, and Social Criticism -- 2. Which Criticism and Whose Humanism? -- 3. Christian Humanism on the Individual and Human Dignity -- 4. Social Criticism & Islamic Ethics After 9/11: How Muslim Anthropologies Matter -- Part II. Religious Ethics, Practical Ethics, and Social Criticism -- 5. Inhuman Weapons: Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles and the Moral Salience of Culture to Their Use in Central Asia -- 6. Prophetic Social Criticism, Solidarity, and Just War -- 7. Moral Distress and the Intrapsychic Hazards of Medical Practice -- 8. Recognition on Demand: A Study of Religion in Conscience Protection Clauses -- 9. The Grieving Storyteller: Grief Narratives as a Source of Moral Reflection -- Part III. Religious Ethics, Methods, and Social Criticism -- 10. Political Hostility and Respect for Human Dignity -- 11. Normativity and Solidarity.

Pressures are mounting to redefine the family to include a variety of configurations: multiple partners, same gender couples, and so on. There is ample material on the history of family; the sociological and financial pressures it faces today; the recent trends in dating and marriage; the ever changing roles of men, women, and children.

AbstractTheDoverdecision restricted the mention of Intelligent Design in a public school science classroom yet theDoveropinion offers an inadequate defensive position. Liberal democracy can exclude Intelligent Design based on the Establishment Clause yet courts do not affirm the teaching of best available science or connect teaching science to other constitutional rights, duties, or institutions. AlthoughDoverhas triggered a debate over the role of religion in public and private life, the case reveals complex issues regarding science, citizenship, and the values of liberal democratic civic identity. In three sections, this article (1) reviews the creationism jurisprudence; (2) dissects theDoverdecision; and (3) suggests an alternative juridical approach grounded in an education case,Plyler v. Doe, in which education creates citizens who are politically competent, economically fit, and capable of self-development. The conclusion reframes the debate over Intelligent Design as one of civic identity and political reproduction arguing that liberals, using the ideas of Brennan, Marshall, and Breyer must make a positive case for the role of science in shaping the liberal citizen, worker, and person.