Democracy and Morality - Religious and Secular Views

Democracy and Morality: Religious and Secular Views compares the views and principles of nine prominent ethical traditions, religious and secular, on their relationship with democracy and democratic ideals.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Patti Lenard And Margaret Moore
Buddhism
Democracy And Morality In Buddhism
Matthew J. Moore
Christianity
Christianity And Democracy
Jonathan Chaplin
Classical Liberalism
Classical Liberalism, Democracy, And Morality
Stephen Macedo
Confucianism
Democracy And Morality: A Confucian Perspective
Sungmoon Kim
Egalitarian Liberalism
Democracy And Morality: A Liberal-Egalitarian Perspective
David Miller
Feminism
Feminism, Democracy, And Morality
Noelle McAfee
Hinduism
Democracy In The Hindu Tradition
Rajeev Bhargava
Islam
The Question of Democracy In Modern Islamic Thought
Andrew F. March
Judaism
Democracy And Morality: Judaic Perspectives
Noam Zohar
Natural Law
Should Political Societies Be Democratic? An Approach From The Natural Law Tradition
Ana Marta Gonzalez
Comparing The Traditions
Patti Lenard And Margaret Moore
Selected Annotated Bibliography
Contributors
Index

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Edited by Patti Tamara Lenard and Margaret Moore

Summary

Democracy and Morality: Religious and Secular Views compares the views and principles of nine prominent ethical traditions, religious and secular, on their relationship with democracy and democratic ideals.

Product details

• Authors: Patti Tamara Moore Lenard
• Assisted by: Patti T. Lenard (Editor), Patti Tamara Lenard (Editor), Lenard Patti Tamara (Editor), Margaret Moore (Editor), Moore Margaret (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781538188903
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-8890-3
• No. of pages: 306
• Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, RELIGION / Ethics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religious ethics, Political structures / systems: democracy