What are the effects of political position on interpreting science and ethics?
Ramifications of the Spirit Level for governmental policy
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Knowledge questions:
- To what extent can privately owned services be allowed to refuse to serve the public if they contradict their religious beliefs?
- To what extent should activists deliberately create controversy to further their cause?
- To what extent can manufactured discrimination be treated differently than spontaneous discrimination?
- To what extent can a secular decision be allowed to overrule religious beliefs?
- To what extent should people be forced to express views which conflict with their religious beliefs?
- To what extent can people be forced to engage in behaviors which conflict with their religious beliefs?
- To what extent do the needs of society to reduce prejudice be allowed to override freedom of expression for individuals?
- To what extent can prejudice be seen as upholding morality?
- To what extent are Muslim transgressions of secular law tolerated more than Christian transgressions in western society?
- To what extent do individuals have the right to refuse to engage in behavior that offends their religious beliefs?
- To what extent should the law force people to express views in which they do not believe?
- To what extent does the physical attractiveness of defendants elicit sympathy in observers?
Other real life situations - religious schools; religious books; religious dress; religious speech; religious food
