Three cheers for liberal modesty

ABSTRACT

Many liberals have been immodest in postulating that their own progressive, secular liberalism is the only one that can be justified in public reason. In Liberalism’s Religion, I articulate a more modest theory of liberalism and religion. While I personally endorse progressive secular liberalism, I argue that it is only one of the reasonable conceptions of liberal justice. This liberal modesty has profound, hitherto unnoticed implications for (i) the role of religious arguments in the public sphere, (ii) the legitimacy of religious establishment, and (iii) the justifiability of religious exemptions. In this article, I defend these three claims by providing replies to my critics.     

社会发展中重新犯罪的实证研究

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正确处理高校教学管理中的人际冲突

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宋代公无论从数量、名篇还是从作队伍来讲，都达到了登峰造极的地步，对后代产生了深远的影响。宋代公的繁荣，与其崇抑武的国策和科举考试内容的改变、科举考试取士数量的增加密切相关；同时，与人士大夫的精神和整个社会思潮的嬗变也密切相关。北宋和南宋长期存在的竞争和派系斗争，使人以论事的现象非常普遍。这对以化事、长于说理、重实轻虎的公风格的形成和对公的繁荣和发展也是不可忽视的原因。     

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初民社会是以人神互相感应的方法来解决诉讼问题的,当今一些西方国家司法制度中仍然可以看到它的遗迹。大陆法系的司法最显著的特征是重演绎,重视法律的理论体系;而英美司法则完全是经验性的,强调遵循先例,而不注重体系。法官对法律的思辩是依赖于经验的,但是经验却不总是足以对思辩的疑惑提供裁决,所以真正的法官思辩是经验与理性的结合。法官对经验与理性的追求体现的是法律所固有的规则性及其内在的逻辑力量。理想的法官给人最深刻的印象是他们的理性,那种清晰的、冷静的经验理性。     

The GMO food arena in the EU (1998–2001)

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