Public Reason, Science and Faith: The Case of Intelligent Design

Tim Fowler

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Public Reason, Science and Faith: The Case of Intelligent Design

Tim Fowler^*

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School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies

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This article considers the justification of laws to religious citizens. It does via a consideration of the debate surround the teaching of Intelligent Design. It argues that one widely held view of political morality, public reason liberalism, requires that schools should allow teaching ID. This is contrary to the views of many defenders of this theory. I show that this argument reveals a deep problem with public reason liberalism, and that it undermines the judgement of the court in the high profile case of Kitzmiller vs Dover.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29–52
Number of pages	24
Journal	Law and Philosophy
Volume	38
Early online date	5 Jun 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10982-018-9333-9
Publication status	Published - 15 Feb 2019

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- tim.fowler@bristol.ac.uk
- School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies - Senior Lecturer in Political Theory
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