Includes papers first presented at the "Pluralism, Religion and Public Policy" conference, held Oct. 9-11, 2002 at McGill University. Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-196) and index.
Contents:
Religion in the public realm / El Hassan Bin Talal -- Freedom of religion and the rule of law : a Canadian perspective / Beverly McLachlin, Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Religion and the limits of liberal democracy / William Galston -- Human dignity and the social contract / David Novak -- Persons, politics, and a Catholic understanding of human rights / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Considering secularism / Iain T. Benson -- Birth, death, and technoscience : searching for values at the margins of life / Margaret Somerville -- Taking moral difference seriously : morality after the death of God / H. Tristram Engelhardt -- Of secularity and civil religion / Douglas Farrow.
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