San Diego Law Review
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This Article provides an account of the notion of a religious argument, distinguishes several roles of religious arguments in a liberal democracy, and defends a set of principles for their proper use in such a society. The author argues that it is appropriate that citizens apply a kind of separation of church and state in their public use of religious arguments, especially in advocating laws or public policies that restrict liberty. More specifically, the author contends that whatever religious arguments one may have in such cases, one should also be willing to offer, and be to a certain extent motivated by, adequate secular arguments for the same conclusions. The author argues that this need place no unreasonable restrictions on the conduct of religious people.
Recommended Citation
Robert Audi,
The Place of Religious Argument in a Free and Democratic Society,
30
San Diego L. Rev.
677
(1993).
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