The Political Morality of Liberal Democracy

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Michael J. Perry ISBN: 9780511700637
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: November 23, 2009
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Michael J. Perry
ISBN: 9780511700637
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: November 23, 2009
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

In this important new work in political and constitutional theory, Michael J. Perry elaborates and defends an account of the political morality of liberal democracy: the moral convictions and commitments that in a liberal democracy should govern decisions about what laws to enact and what policies to pursue. The fundamental questions addressed in this book concern (1) the grounding, (2) the content, (3) the implications for one or another moral controversy and (4) the judicial enforcement of the political morality of liberal democracy. The particular issues discussed include whether government may ban pre-viability abortion, whether government may refuse to extend the benefit of law to same-sex couples and what role religion should play in the politics and law of a liberal democracy.

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In this important new work in political and constitutional theory, Michael J. Perry elaborates and defends an account of the political morality of liberal democracy: the moral convictions and commitments that in a liberal democracy should govern decisions about what laws to enact and what policies to pursue. The fundamental questions addressed in this book concern (1) the grounding, (2) the content, (3) the implications for one or another moral controversy and (4) the judicial enforcement of the political morality of liberal democracy. The particular issues discussed include whether government may ban pre-viability abortion, whether government may refuse to extend the benefit of law to same-sex couples and what role religion should play in the politics and law of a liberal democracy.

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