Published Date: August 1, 2009 | Topics: Philosophy, Religion, Reviews and Commentaries
Everyone agrees that marriage, whatever else it is or does, is a relationship in which persons are united. But what are persons? And how is it possible for two or more of them to unite? The view typically (if often unconsciously) held by advocates of liberal positions on issues of sexuality and marriage is that the […]
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 […]