Religious Exemptions

Kevin Vallier is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University, whose research focuses in political philosophy, normative ethics, political economy, and philosophy of religion. Vallier is the author of Liberal Politics and Public Faith: Beyond Separation (Routledge, 2014) and Must Politics Be War?: In Defense of Public Reason Liberalism, forthcoming with Oxford University Press.Michael Weber is Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair at Bowling Green State University. He has published on a wide variety of topics in ethics and political philosophy, including rational choice theory, ethics and the emotions, and egalitarianism. He has also co-edited with Christian Coons three edited volumes on topics in applied ethics: Paternalism (Cambridge University Press), Manipulation (Oxford University Press), and The Ethics of Self-Defense (Oxford University Press).

• Introduction Kevin Vallier and Michael Weber 1. Conscience, Religion, and Exemptions: An Egalitarian View Jocelyn Macclure2. On the Constitutionality and Political Morality of Granting Conscience-Protecting Exemptions Only to Religious Beliefs Michael Perry3. How Should We Treat Religion?: On Exemptions and Exclusions Kyle Swan4. Contempt, Futility, and Exemption Simon May5. Legal Exemptions for Religious Feelings Lucas Swaine6. Political Liberalism and Religious Exemptions Christie Hartley and Lori Watson7. Religious Accommodation, Social Justice, and Public Education Robert Audi8. Scopes of Religious Exemptions: A Normative Map Perry Dane9. Neutrality and the Religion Analogy Andrew Koppelman10. Prioritizing Religion in Vaccine Exemption Policies Mark Navin11. R v NS: The Niqab in Court and Lessons in Religious Exemptions Naama Ofrath12. Religious Conscience and the Private Market Ted Poston 13. In Defense of the Sincerity Tes Elizabeth Platt and Kara Loewentheil14. Insubstantial Burdens Chad Flanders

The collection is recommended as an accessible and thoughtful contribution to that debate.