True believers or moral absolutists
The recent American presidential elections brought to the fore the question of what place moral values have in public decision-making when traditional moral values are not espoused by all in a pluralist society. Even if traditional values - seen as absolutist - are imposed on others through a democr...
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sg-smu-ink.sol_research-35932016-05-13T02:06:06Z True believers or moral absolutists TAN, Seow Hon The recent American presidential elections brought to the fore the question of what place moral values have in public decision-making when traditional moral values are not espoused by all in a pluralist society. Even if traditional values - seen as absolutist - are imposed on others through a democratic electoral process, that imposition, particularly in hot button issues like abortion and same-sex marriage, remains difficult to accept. 2004-11-15T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1641 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3593/viewcontent/P_ID_53192_TrueBelievers_ST_2004Nov.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Asian Studies Law and Society |
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The recent American presidential elections brought to the fore the question of what place moral values have in public decision-making when traditional moral values are not espoused by all in a pluralist society. Even if traditional values - seen as absolutist - are imposed on others through a democratic electoral process, that imposition, particularly in hot button issues like abortion and same-sex marriage, remains difficult to accept. |
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