Why tolerate religion /

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Author / Creator:	Leiter, Brian, author.
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : Law School, University of Chicago, Nov. 19, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (video file) (56 min., 14 sec.).
Language:	English
Series:	Chicago's best ideas Chicago's best ideas.
Subject:	Religious tolerance. Freedom of religion. Liberty of conscience. Freedom of religion. Liberty of conscience. Religious tolerance.
Format:	E-Resource Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11006924

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Other authors / contributors:	University of Chicago. Law School, host institution.
Notes:	Recorded Nov. 18, 2013. Online resource; title from title screen (March 20, 2017).
Summary:	"Is there a principled reason why religious obligations that conflict with the law are accorded special toleration while other obligations of conscience are not? In Why Tolerate Religion? (Princeton, 2013), Professor Leiter argues there are no good reasons for doing so, that the reasons for tolerating religion are not specific to religion but apply to all claims of conscience. He also argues that a government committed to liberty of conscience is not required by the principal of toleration to grant burden-shifting exemptions to laws that promote the general welfare ... This talk was recorded on November 19, 2013, as part of the Chicago's Best Ideas lecture series."--Law School faculty podcast webpage.
Other form:	Audio

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