Religious diversity: philosophical and political dimensions
In: Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society
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In: Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society
How far can religion play a part in the public sphere, or should it be only a private matter? Examining this question in the context of pluralist societies, where many different beliefs clamour for attention, Trigg also asks: Can we maintain our love of freedom, while cutting it off from religious roots?
Does morality still matter in the Western world today? What is the basis of claims to human rights? How are local loyalties - to family or nation - to be reconciled with our global responsibilities? Are there limits on the rights of groups? Does law need a moral basis? In this timely book, Roger Trigg examines and defends the role of morality in our social and political lives. Rather than limiting the scope of morality to private choices, Trigg argues that we need to acknowledge the moral foundations of our political way of life in the West, in order that we are better able to live and flourish nationally and internationally
In: Harvester studies in philosophy
In: Philosophy of the social sciences: an international journal = Philosophie des sciences sociales, Band 15, Heft 1, S. 82-85
ISSN: 1552-7441
In: Philosophy of the social sciences: an international journal = Philosophie des sciences sociales, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 289-298
ISSN: 1552-7441
In: Ashgate science and religion series
In: Sociological analysis: SA ; a journal in the sociology of religion, Band 48, Heft 2, S. 183
ISSN: 2325-7873