Why tolerate religion? /

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Author / Creator:Leiter, Brian.
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
©2013
Description:1 online resource (xv, 187 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Religious tolerance.
Freedom of religion.
Freedom of religion.
Religious tolerance.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8940372
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ISBN:1400844851
9781400844852
1283683571
9781283683579
9781400852345
140085234X
9780691153612
0691153612
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index.
In English.
Print version record.
Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: 9780691153612 0691153612
Standard no.:10.1515/9781400852345