Morality, Politics, and Law: A Bicentennial EssayAddressing the proper relation of moral and religious belief to politics and law, especially constitutional law, Perry here discusses whether a common moral foundation exists that is capable of providing, in a diverse social system like ours, consistent guidelines for handling divisive political, policy, religious and constitutional disputes. His study represents a distinctive position in the vast and growing literature on the moral foundations of liberal political and legal life. |
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Introduction The Proper Relation of Morality to Politics | 3 |
The Naturalist Conception of Moral Knowledge | 9 |
A Naturalist Perspective on Moral Reasoning and Moral | 23 |
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