Published Date: July 25, 2013 | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Religion
U.S. foreign policy should promote liberty of belief—and unbelief. A common theory about freedom of religion suggests that such a value is grounded in a modus vivendi, or compromise: People agree to respect each other’s freedom in order to avoid religiously motivated strife. But the modus vivendi theory obscures the deep ground of principle on […]
Published Date: August 28, 2024 | Topics: Philosophy, Politics and Current Affairs
Those of us who teach or study at American colleges and universities are facing the academic year that is about to begin with more than a little trepidation. Will there be protests? Encampments? The occupation of buildings? The invasion of classrooms? Riots? The fact that we are asking those questions should itself prompt us to […]