Religious Argument as an Argument from Authority

J 2023

Religious Argument as an Argument from Authority

TOMAŠTÍK, Ján

Základní údaje

Originální název

Religious Argument as an Argument from Authority

Autoři

TOMAŠTÍK, Ján (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Ratio Publica, Brno, Nugis Finem, 2023, 2787-9550

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Plný text

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

authority; law; natural law; political liberalism; religious argument

Změněno: 11. 6. 2024 10:42, Mgr. Ján Tomaštík

Anotace

V originále

Assessment of the legitimacy of religious conviction in political deliberation requires a closer inspection of the different forms in which religious arguments appear. This article argues that even if the fundamental premises of liberal critics of religious arguments are correct, the only type of religious argument that can be considered as inherently incompatible with public justification has to contain explicitly religious content and has to be formulated as an argument from authority. This conclusion can be confirmed, on different grounds, by a rival, natural law tradition. The natural law tradition stipulates that the law is an ordinance of reason and should therefore be justified in a way that would allow reasonable citizens to affirm its reasonableness and obey it because of that. Argument from religious authority can therefore be judged impermissible even when religion is not treated with indifference, but as a constitutive aspect of human flourishing. On the other hand, by formulating the problem in terms of authority this debate raises the question of the status of non-political authority in political deliberation. The fundamental importance of non-political communities and the structures of authority they create to coordinate themselves invites a deeper inquiry into whether non-political authorities should play a more essential role in political deliberation and justification.

Návaznosti

GA23-06790S, projekt VaV

Název: Lidská práva a welfarismus

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Lidská práva a welfarismus

Citovat

TOMAŠTÍK, Ján. Religious Argument as an Argument from Authority. Ratio Publica. Brno: Nugis Finem, 2023, III., č. 2, s. 6-25. ISSN 2787-9550.

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TOMAŠTÍK, Ján. Religious Argument as an Argument from Authority. \textit{Ratio Publica}. Brno: Nugis Finem, 2023, III., č.~2, s.~6-25. ISSN~2787-9550.

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