{"product_id":"democracy-and-morality-religious-and-secular-views-9781538188897","title":"Democracy and Morality: Religious and Secular","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracy is a dominant principle and practice to legitimate political power in the modern world, and yet its relationship with other moral traditions is not well understood. some but not all commitments with it (feminism, Classical and Egalitarian variants of Liberalism). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthical theories, by their very nature, are universal theories, and tend to be suspicious of democratic legitimacy arguments – since ‘the people’ who are the source of democratic legitimacy might support some things that are contrary to justice, as described in the tradition. Yet, appeal to democracy remains one of the most powerful appeals to legitimize political power in the contemporary world. This volume is interested in the relationship between democracy and moral traditions whose origins either precede the democratic ideal of legitimacy (Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Natural Law) or developed in some sense along side the democratic ideal and share some of its commitments. This volume explores the relationship between these moral traditions and democracy, including the way in which the moral and religious perspectives have adapted in their encounter with democratic ideals, and have themselves modified democratic theory and practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a work in comparative ethics. The contributors each an expert in one of these traditions, show how that traditions has confronted democracy – and considers different dimensions in which the traditions have engaged with the tradition. To orient the engagement between democratic principles and the moral traditions, the contributors focus on various dimensions in which the two have engaged. The contributors consider their tradition’s views of participation, including eligibility for participation and opportunities to do so, including people with quite different world-views; the scope of democracy, as conceived by the tradition, including how the democratic ‘people’ interact or ought to interact with adherents of other traditions, and whether some of the pillars of moral tradition have themselves helped to inform democratic principles and practices in communities where the ethical tradition is dominant. For example, if there are traditions of consultation and of appropriate authority in a moral tradition, does this operate as a resource for democracy itself, and if so, has it changed the way democracy is practiced in these societies? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What emerges is a rich and nuanced tapestry that testifies to the interaction of moral traditions and democracy, and the various relationships between these traditions and democratic theory and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatti Lenard And Margaret Moore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuddhism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracy And Morality In Buddhism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew J. Moore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristianity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristianity And Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Chaplin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassical Liberalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassical Liberalism, Democracy, And Morality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Macedo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfucianism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracy And Morality: A Confucian Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSungmoon Kim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEgalitarian Liberalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracy And Morality: A Liberal-Egalitarian Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeminism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeminism, Democracy, And Morality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoelle McAfee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHinduism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracy In The Hindu Tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRajeev Bhargava\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIslam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Question of Democracy In Modern Islamic Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew F. March\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudaism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemocracy And Morality: Judaic Perspectives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoam Zohar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatural Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShould Political Societies Be Democratic? An Approach From The Natural Law Tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAna Marta Gonzalez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComparing The Traditions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Patti Lenard And Margaret Moore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Annotated Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041269776727,"sku":"9781538188897","price":82.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781538188897.jpg?v=1750949593","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/democracy-and-morality-religious-and-secular-views-9781538188897","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}