NDLI: Religion, Identity and Freedom of Expression

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Plant, Raymond
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	This article examines the issues raised by religious adherents’ wish to express their beliefs in the public domain through, for example, their modes of dress, their performance of public roles, and their response to homosexuality. It considers on what grounds religion might merit special treatment and how special that treatment should be. A common approach to these issues is through the notion of religious identity, but both the idea of religious identity and its use to ground claims against others prove deeply problematic. An alternative and more productive approach is through the notion of harm. People should enjoy the freedom to express their religious convictions subject to the harm principle, but harm should include the undermining of people’s status as free and equal citizens. The article concludes by considering the grounds upon which this alternative approach might recognize religion as special and might justify giving an overriding status to civic equality.
Starting Page	7
Ending Page	20
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13564765
Journal	Res Publica
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15728692
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-02-15
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Freedom of religious expression Religious identity Accommodation Equality Civic egalitarianism Harm principle Liberalism Political Philosophy Philosophy of Religion Philosophy Ethics Philosophy of Law
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Law

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