Global Ethics Forum: Why Tolerate Religion?

1,621 views · Published 17 April 2013 · 27:01 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs · 2013 · News & Politics

Watch on YouTube

Why do Western democracies single out religion for preferential treatment? For example, why can a Sikh boy carry a dagger to school while other children cannot? Is this morally and legally justifiable? University of Chicago Law School's Brian Leiter shares his thoughts.

For complete audio and transcript and video clips of this event, please go to http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/studio/multimedia/20121206/index.html.

More from this channel