{"product_id":"9781118529751","title":"The Justification of Religious Violence","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Public Philosophy Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Justification of Religious Violence\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSteve Clarke\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Religion, Politics \u0026amp; State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow are justifications for religious violence developed and do they differ from secular justifications for violence? Can liberal societies tolerate potentially violent religious groups? Can those who accept religious justifications for violence be dissuaded from acting violently? Including six in-depth contemporary case studies, \u003ci\u003eThe Justification of Religious Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to examine the logical structure of justifications of religious violence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe first book specifically devoted to examining the logical structure of justifications of religious violence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSeeks to understand how justifications for religious violence are developed and how or if they differ from ordinary secular justifications of violence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines 3 widely employed premises used in religious justifications of violence – ‘cosmic war’, the importance of the afterlife, and ‘sacred values’\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders to what extent liberal democratic societies should tolerate who hold that their religion justifies violent acts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects on the possibility of effective policy measures to persuade those who believe that violent action is justified by religion, to refrain from acting violently\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInformed by recent work in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience and evolutionary biology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePart of the \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Public Philosophy Series\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University in Australia, and a Senior Research Associate of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford. He has published over sixty academic papers and is the author of \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics and the Disunity of Scientific Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and co-editor of three books including \u003ci\u003eReligion, Intolerance and Conflict: a Scientific and Conceptual Investigation\u003c\/i\u003e (with Russell Powell and Julian Savulescu, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 May 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118529751\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.96\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315448901772,"sku":"9781118529751","price":76.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118529751.jpg?v=1780112556","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118529751","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}