Pluralism and Disagreement
Religious Liberty
Jiří Baroš
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Religious Liberty
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§ Christian Perspectives
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§ Liberal Perspectives

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§ Christian Perspectives
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§ Liberal Perspectives

Christian Perspectives I
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§ Faith is Personal Matter
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§ Christ´s Example
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§ Persecution is Displeasing to God
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§ Humility and Human Fallibility

Christian Perspectives II
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§ God´s Purposes Will Prevail
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§ Truth May Spring from Unlikely Sources
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§ Higher Duties and Solicitued for the Tortured Conscience
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§ The Dual Authorities

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§ Christian Perspectives
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§ Liberal Perspectives

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§ Christian Perspectives
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§ Liberal Perspectives

Liberal Perspectives
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§ Civic Peace
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§ Religions as Intermediate or Mediating Institutions
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§ Fostering of Civic Virtue
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§ Personal Autonomy

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§ Wars of Religion => Compromise
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§ Nonalienation Rationale
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§ Weakness of this Justification

Intermediate Institutions
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§ Identity, Meaning, Ideas, Arguments, Interaction
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§ A Pro-democratic Role
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§ Weakness of Rationale

Civic Virtue
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§ Theoretical and Practical Virtues
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§ Drawbacks of Justification

Personal Autonomy
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§ Individual Choice and Self-Determination
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§ Equal Treatment
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§ Protecting Conscience
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§ Limitations of  Rationale

Conclusion
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Is Religions Good Thing?