Barry and Kukathas as inspiring sources for a church-state system in Belgium
Abstract: In this article, we will look at the political philosophical theories of Brian Barry (Culture and Equality, 2001) and Chandran Kukathas (The Liberal Archipelago, 2003) and see which consequences both theories have for the Belgian model of church and state. For both authors, the liberal state should be neutral toward religion but they interpret this neutrality in a different way. According to Kukathas, neutrality implies a hands-off policy and therefore, recognizing and financing religions is out of the question. For Barry on the other hand, the state is neutral if equal people have e... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
Schlagwörter: | Religious studies |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28956902 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/10067/863360151162165141 |