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This provocative audiobook addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in politics philosophy and constitutional theory - how come religion designated for preferential treatment in both legislations and public discourse? Why, for example, can a spiritual soup kitchen get an exemption from zoning laws and regulations in order to grow its facilities to raised serve the needy, while a secular soup kitchen with the same goal cannot? Why is a Sikh young man permitted to wear his ceremonial dagger to school while other young man could be expelled for packaging a knife? What makes religious commitments that turmoil with the law accorded special toleration while other commitments of conscience aren't? In Why Tolerate Religious beliefs?, Brian Leiter argues that the reasons have nothing to do with religion, which Western democracies are wrong to single out spiritual liberty for special legal protections. He offers new insights into why is a promise of conscience distinctively "religious", and attracts on an abundance of illustrations from America, Europe, and anywhere else to highlight the important issues on the line. With philosophical acuity, legal understanding, and wry laughter, Leiter shows why our reasons for tolerating religion aren't specific to religion but apply to all says of conscience, and why a government committed to liberty of conscience is not required by the process of toleration to grant exemptions to laws and regulations that promote the general welfare.
