Religious accommodation law in the UK : five normative gaps. / Seglow, Jonathan.
In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP), Vol. 21, No. 1, 2018, p. 109-128.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Religious accommodation law in the UK : five normative gaps. / Seglow, Jonathan.
In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP), Vol. 21, No. 1, 2018, p. 109-128.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Religious accommodation law in the UK
T2 - five normative gaps
AU - Seglow, Jonathan
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This article offers a normative analysis of the state of religious accommodation law in the UK. It identifies five ‘normative gaps’ in the law where the legal discussion could benefit by employing the analytical lens of political theory. These gaps concern (i) what sorts of religious (or non-religious) beliefs should enjoy protected status; (ii) how the law should address issues of individual choice and responsibility; (iii) whether there is a genuine distinction between manifesting and being motivated by one’s beliefs; (iv) what sorts of interests count against accommodation claims; and (v) the relationship between human rights and discrimination law, the two pillars of religious accommodation law in the UK. The first half of the article sets out these issues, while the second half offers some preliminary conclusions and ways of resolving them. The Conclusion traces the contours of a satisfactory theory of religious accommodation law.
AB - This article offers a normative analysis of the state of religious accommodation law in the UK. It identifies five ‘normative gaps’ in the law where the legal discussion could benefit by employing the analytical lens of political theory. These gaps concern (i) what sorts of religious (or non-religious) beliefs should enjoy protected status; (ii) how the law should address issues of individual choice and responsibility; (iii) whether there is a genuine distinction between manifesting and being motivated by one’s beliefs; (iv) what sorts of interests count against accommodation claims; and (v) the relationship between human rights and discrimination law, the two pillars of religious accommodation law in the UK. The first half of the article sets out these issues, while the second half offers some preliminary conclusions and ways of resolving them. The Conclusion traces the contours of a satisfactory theory of religious accommodation law.
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VL - 21
SP - 109
EP - 128
JO - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP)
JF - Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP)
SN - 1369-8230
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