عنوان

The Empty Idea of Equality Meets the Unbearable Fullness of Religion

شماره

LA116105

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Empty Idea of Equality Meets the Unbearable Fullness of Religion

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Rex Ahdar

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill | Nijhoff

متن يادداشت

The essay argues that religion is a much "fuller" concept than equality, as substantial and weighty as equality is derivative and hollow. The empty, tautological, misleading, but rhetorically powerful nature of equality was compellingly demonstrated by Peter Westen, a generation ago. It is ironic that, despite the manifest inadequacy of equality as an independent good, in the increasingly strident clashes between religionists and those asserting claims based on equal treatment, or freedom from discrimination, the former tend to lose on the whole. All rights are said to be on the same level. As the courts repeatedly pronounce, there is no hierarchy. But the empirical experience of the Kulturkampf belies that assertion. This essay seeks to return the contest to a more even playing field by demystifying some of the ascendant-like claims of equality in contemporary rights disputes. The essay argues that religion is a much "fuller" concept than equality, as substantial and weighty as equality is derivative and hollow. The empty, tautological, misleading, but rhetorically powerful nature of equality was compellingly demonstrated by Peter Westen, a generation ago. It is ironic that, despite the manifest inadequacy of equality as an independent good, in the increasingly strident clashes between religionists and those asserting claims based on equal treatment, or freedom from discrimination, the former tend to lose on the whole. All rights are said to be on the same level. As the courts repeatedly pronounce, there is no hierarchy. But the empirical experience of the Kulturkampf belies that assertion. This essay seeks to return the contest to a more even playing field by demystifying some of the ascendant-like claims of equality in contemporary rights disputes.

تاريخ نشر

2016

توصيف ظاهري

146-178

عنوان

Journal of Law, Religion and State

شماره جلد

4/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2212-4810

اصطلاح موضوعی

equal treatment

اصطلاح موضوعی

Equality

اصطلاح موضوعی

hierarchies of rights

اصطلاح موضوعی

religious freedom

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Rex Ahdar

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/22124810-00402002

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y