Martha Nussbaum has a new book out, Liberty of Conscience, which addresses the territory surrounding freedom of religion and the first amendment. An interesting review, by the editor of the Catholic First Things, can be found here. I have yet to see the book, but I admire Nussbaum greatly, and I think she is one of the best philosophers writing today.
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Anyone that is interested in the intersection of religion and politics should read Neuhaus’ “The Naked Public Square”.
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Hi.
I, too, have respected Nussbaum’s work, but I thought Liberty of Conscience was lousy. I wrote waaaaay too much about it on my blog (absurdbeats.wordpress.com); the short version is that I thought she went grievously awry in chapter 8. Her cleverness, which she usually manages to keep in check in other work, descends into glibness in that chapter, and her unwillingness to engage the political dimensions of some of these issues distorts her analysis. Finally, I thought she was dismissive of those without religious belief—offensively so.
Anyway, I’d be interested to hear your thoughts.
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I still haven’t read it! Too busy with Nietzsche. I’ll check out what you’ve written about it, though.
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