Democracy and Morality: Religious and Secular Views by Margaret Moore Paperback

Description: Democracy and Morality by Margaret Moore, Patti Tamara Lenard 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. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Democracy 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). Ethical 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. This 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 traditions 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? 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. Author Biography Patti Lenard is Professor of Applied Ethics in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. She is the author of Trust, Democracy and Multicultural Challenges (Penn State, 2012), How should democracies fight terrorism? (Polity Press, 2020), Debating Multiculturalism (with Peter Balint, Oxford University Press, 2022), and Ordinary Citizens, Extraordinary Actions, a case-study of St. Josephs Parishs refugee outreach committee (with With Stéfanie Morris, Karina Juma, and Meredith Teretta, University of Ottawa Press, 2022), and Democracy and Exclusion (Oxford University Press, forthcoming). In Ottawa, she runs a small organization called Rainbow Haven, which sponsors, settles and advocates for LGBTQ refugees: Margaret Moore is Professor in the Political Studies department at Queens University Canada. She is the author of four books, on justice, nationalism and territory. Her 2015 book A Political Theory of Territory was winner of the Canadian Philosophical Association Biennial Best Book Prize in 2017 and has been the subject of journal symposia and author-meets-critics roundtables and conferences. It offers a philosophical analysis of territory, which has been largely under-theorized in political theory, which has focused on the relationship between the state and citizens. She has also written numerous chapters and articles, in such journals as Journal of Political Philosophy,American Journal of Political Science,Political Theory, Ethics & International Affairs, Philosophical Studies and Political Studies and edited or co-edited three other books, one of which is a volume in comparative ethics (The Making and Unmaking of Boundaries). Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPatti Lenard And Margaret MooreBuddhismDemocracy And Morality In BuddhismMatthew J. MooreChristianityChristianity And DemocracyJonathan ChaplinClassical LiberalismClassical Liberalism, Democracy, And MoralityStephen MacedoConfucianismDemocracy And Morality: A Confucian PerspectiveSungmoon KimEgalitarian LiberalismDemocracy And Morality: A Liberal-Egalitarian PerspectiveDavid MillerFeminismFeminism, Democracy, And MoralityNoelle McAfeeHinduismDemocracy In The Hindu TraditionRajeev BhargavaIslamThe Question of Democracy In Modern Islamic ThoughtAndrew F. MarchJudaismDemocracy And Morality: Judaic PerspectivesNoam ZoharNatural LawShould Political Societies Be Democratic? An Approach From The Natural Law TraditionAna Marta GonzalezComparing The Traditions Patti Lenard And Margaret MooreSelected Annotated BibliographyContributorsIndex Review The ten invited essays in this collection discuss the relationship of democracy to six religious and four secular ideologies (though some might contest the categorization of "natural law" in the latter). They uniformly reject a popular, Whiggish, retconned interpretation that suggests such traditions always supported democracy in their essence. Instead, they generally insist that premodern traditions rejected democracy or only considered it as occasionally acceptable on instrumental grounds, with caveats and reservations. This will rankle a few political theorists in principle, for the dependence of a functioning democracy on the rule of law, constitutional constraints, and other safeguards is widely acknowledged. What makes this collection valuable is its careful analysis of how views toward democracy have been debated and have changed over time in each tradition; each may provide valuable lessons and reflections on both the value and dangers of democracy. Even where readers may disagree with a traditions views on these matters, they might glean valuable insight into how others may receive, understand, or critique democracy. Recommended. General readers and undergraduates. Details ISBN1538188902 Author Patti Tamara Lenard Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Series The Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781538188903 Format Paperback Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Subtitle Religious and Secular Views Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Edited by Patti Tamara Lenard ISBN-10 1538188902 DEWEY 172 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Pages 306 AU Release Date 2024-02-18 Publication Date 2024-02-19 US Release Date 2024-02-19 UK Release Date 2024-02-19 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159188190;

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