Is Religion Special? More Likely Than Not!

Francis J. Beckwith

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Is Religion Special? More Likely Than Not!

In David Boonin, Katrina L. Sifferd, Tyler K. Fagan, Valerie Gray Hardcastle, Michael Huemer, Daniel Wodak, Derk Pereboom, Stephen J. Morse, Sarah Tyson, Mark Zelcer, Garrett VanPelt, Devin Casey, Philip E. Devine, David K. Chan, Maarten Boudry, Christopher Freiman, Hrishikesh Joshi, Shelley Wilcox, Jason Brennan, Eric Wiland, Ryan Muldoon, Mark Alfano, Philip Robichaud, Kevin Timpe, David Livingstone Smith, Francis J. Beckwith, Dan Hooley, Russell Blackford, John Corvino, Corey McCall, Dan Demetriou, Ajume Wingo, Michael Shermer, Ole Martin Moen, Aksel Braanen Sterri, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Jeppe von Platz, John Thrasher, Mary Hawkesworth, William MacAskill, Daniel Halliday, Janine O’Flynn, Yoaav Isaacs, Jason Iuliano, Claire Pickard, Arvin M. Gouw, Tina Rulli, Justin Caouette, Allen Habib, Brian D. Earp, Andrew Vierra, Subrena E. Smith, Danielle M. Wenner, Lisa Diependaele, Sigrid Sterckx, G. Owen Schaefer, Markus K. Labude, Harisan Unais Nasir, Udo Schuklenk, Benjamin Zolf & Woolwine (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy. Springer Verlag. pp. 277-289 (2018)

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	author = {Francis J. Beckwith},
	booktitle = {The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy},
	editor = {David Boonin and Katrina L. Sifferd and Tyler K. Fagan and Valerie Gray Hardcastle and Michael Huemer and Daniel Wodak and Derk Pereboom and Stephen J. Morse and Sarah Tyson and Mark Zelcer and Garrett VanPelt and Devin Casey and Philip E. Devine and David K. Chan and Maarten Boudry and Christopher Freiman and Hrishikesh Joshi and Shelley Wilcox and Jason Brennan and Eric Wiland and Ryan Muldoon and Mark Alfano and Philip Robichaud and Kevin Timpe and David Livingstone Smith and Francis J. Beckwith and Dan Hooley and Russell Blackford and John Corvino and Corey McCall and Dan Demetriou and Ajume Wingo and Michael Shermer and Ole Martin Moen and Aksel Braanen Sterri and Teresa Blankmeyer Burke and Jeppe von Platz and John Thrasher and Mary Hawkesworth and William MacAskill and Daniel Halliday and Janine O?Flynn and Yoaav Isaacs and Jason Iuliano and Claire Pickard and Arvin M. Gouw and Tina Rulli and Justin Caouette and Allen Habib and Brian D. Earp and Andrew Vierra and Subrena E. Smith and Danielle M. Wenner and Lisa Diependaele and Sigrid Sterckx and G. Owen Schaefer and Markus K. Labude and Harisan Unais Nasir and Udo Schuklenk and Benjamin Zolf and Woolwine},
	pages = {277--289},
	publisher = {Springer Verlag},
	title = {Is Religion Special? More Likely Than Not!},
	year = {2018}
}

Beckwith, Francis J. (2018). Is Religion Special? More Likely Than Not! In David Boonin, Katrina L. Sifferd, Tyler K. Fagan, Valerie Gray Hardcastle, Michael Huemer, Daniel Wodak, Derk Pereboom, Stephen J. Morse, Sarah Tyson, Mark Zelcer, Garrett VanPelt, Devin Casey, Philip E. Devine, David K. Chan, Maarten Boudry, Christopher Freiman, Hrishikesh Joshi, Shelley Wilcox, Jason Brennan, Eric Wiland, Ryan Muldoon, Mark Alfano, Philip Robichaud, Kevin Timpe, David Livingstone Smith, Francis J. Beckwith, Dan Hooley, Russell Blackford, John Corvino, Corey McCall, Dan Demetriou, Ajume Wingo, Michael Shermer, Ole Martin Moen, Aksel Braanen Sterri, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Jeppe von Platz, John Thrasher, Mary Hawkesworth, William MacAskill, Daniel Halliday, Janine O’Flynn, Yoaav Isaacs, Jason Iuliano, Claire Pickard, Arvin M. Gouw, Tina Rulli, Justin Caouette, Allen Habib, Brian D. Earp, Andrew Vierra, Subrena E. Smith, Danielle M. Wenner, Lisa Diependaele, Sigrid Sterckx, G. Owen Schaefer, Markus K. Labude, Harisan Unais Nasir, Udo Schuklenk, Benjamin Zolf & Woolwine (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy. Springer Verlag. pp. 277-289.

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Abstract

Some have questioned why religion should be singled out for special treatment in our legal instruments, such as the US Constitution, Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Why, for example, do these documents afford protection to citizens who engage in an activity religiously, while not affording the same protection for citizens who engage in what appears to be the same activity non-religiously? To answer this question, the author explains why religion, as with other associations and practices, has been justly singled out. However, he goes on to show how so-called non-religious beliefs and practices can be afforded the same protection under the law without diminishing the historical reason for religion’s specialness: the two sovereigns account.

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