Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism pdf

Robert P. George est titulaire de la chaire McCormick de jurisprudence et directeur du programme James Madison sur les idéaux et institutions américains. Il a été président de la Commission des États-Unis sur la liberté religieuse internationale (USCIRF), et avant cela, du Conseil présidentiel sur la bioéthique et nommé par le président à la Commission des droits civils des États-Unis. Il a également servi aux États-Unis. membre de la Commission mondiale d'éthique des connaissances scientifiques et des technologies (COMEST) de l'UNESCO. Il est un ancien membre de la magistrature à la Cour suprême des États-Unis, où il a reçu le prix du juge Tom C. Clark. Diplômé du Swarthmore College, il est titulaire d'un J.D. et M.T.S. diplômes de l'Université de Harvard et les diplômes de D.Phil., BCL, DCL et D.Litt. de l'Université d'Oxford. Il a été professeur invité à la Harvard Law School et est membre du Council on Foreign Relations.

Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism pdf par Robert Peter George

“Many in elite circles yield to the temptation to believe that anyone who disagrees with them is a bigot or a religious fundamentalist. Reason and science, they confidently believe, are on their side. With this book, I aim to expose the emptiness of that belief.” —From the introduction Assaults on religious liberty and traditional morality are growing fiercer. Here, at last, is the counterattack. Showcasing the talents that have made him one of America’s most acclaimed and influential thinkers, Robert P. George explodes the myth that the secular elite represents the voice of reason. In fact, George shows, it is on the elite side of the cultural divide where the prevailing views frequently are nothing but articles of faith. Conscience and Its Enemies reveals the bankruptcy of these too often smugly held orthodoxies while presenting powerfully reasoned arguments for classical virtues. In defending what James Madison called the “sacred rights of conscience”—rights for which government shows frightening contempt—George grapples with today’s most controversial issues: abortion and infanticide, same-sex marriage, genetic manipulation, euthanasia and assisted suicide, religion in politics, judicial activism, and more. His brilliantly argued essays rely not on theological claims or religious authority but on established scientific facts and a philosophical tradition that extends back to Plato and Aristotle. Conscience and Its Enemies elevates our national debates. It sets forth powerful arguments that secular liberals are unaccustomed to hearing—and that embattled defenders of traditional morality so often fail to marshal. It also lays out the principles and arguments for rebuilding a moral order.