Description America is a nation that celebrates Diversity and freedom of conscience.
Mc Kenna chair in American and western political thought at Saint Vincent College..
Watson is professor of politics and Philip M.
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About the Author Bradley C.
Contributors also consider the long-term results of such demands for Conformity for the health--and even survival--of a constitutional republic.
Watson brings together leading thinkers from a variety of disciplines to examine the manner and extent to which Conformity is demanded by Contemporary American law and social practice.
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In this book, Bradley C.
Americans have recently been confronted by this paradox in various ways, from federal health care mandates, to campus speech codes, to consumer boycotts, to public intimidation, to vexatious litigation, to private corporations dismissing employees for expressing certain political views.
Nowadays, Conformity might be enforced in the name of Diversity itself, and go so far as to infringe on the rights of conscience, expression, association, and religious freedom.
Yet, as Alexis de Tocqueville observed, democratic times often demand conformity.
Description America is a nation that celebrates Diversity and freedom of conscience
