UID:
almahu_9949597503002882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780231540377 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Religion, culture, and public life
Content:
Moral relativism is deeply troubling for those who believe that, without a set of moral absolutes, democratic societies will devolve into tyranny or totalitarianism. Engaging directly with this claim, Carlo Accetti traces the roots of contemporary anti-relativist fears to the antimodern rhetoric of the Catholic Church, and then rescues a form of philosophical relativism for modern, pluralist societies, arguing that this standpoint provides the firmest foundation for an allegiance to democracy. In its dual analysis of the relationship between religion and politics and the implications of philosophical relativism for democratic theory, this book makes a far-ranging contribution to contemporary debates over the revival of religion in politics and the conceptual grounds for a commitment to democracy.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2015.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780231170789
Language:
English
URL:
Columbia scholarship online
