Individual integrity,freedom of association and religious exemption |
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Authors: | Peter Jones |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKpeter.jones@ncl.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTOf the many questions Cécile Laborde addresses in her magisterial Liberalism’s Religion, several relate to what she describes as ‘the puzzle of exemptions’. I examine some of the issues raised by her efforts to solve that puzzle: whether her ideal of moral integrity squares with the nature of religious belief; whether we should find the case for collective religious exemptions in freedom of association and the ‘coherence interests’ of associations; how much significance we should give to the ‘competence interests’ of organised religions; and by which criteria we should assess individual claims to religious exemption. |
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Keywords: | Cécile Laborde exemption freedom of religion freedom of association integrity religion |
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