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"Public reason" is one of the central concepts in modern liberal political theory. As articulated by John Rawl
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MacGilvray argues that we should shift our attention away from the problem of identifying uncontroversial public ends in
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Natural law, according to Thomas Aquinas, has its foundation in the evidence and operation of natural, human reason. Its
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Rhonheimer applies moral theology to practical questions, such as, what does it mean to violate the natural law, or to b
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Public reason, which urges that only laws based on principles reasonably agreeable to all those bound by them are legiti
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Braybrooke challenges received scholarly opinion by arguing that canonical theorists Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Rousseau t
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Can religious arguments provide a reasonable, justified basis for restrictive (coercive) public policies regarding numer
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This book explores the problem of disagreement concerning the treatment of animals in a liberal society. Current laws in
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