Pluralism is one of the founding creeds of our United States of America, with the famous motto E pluribus unum ( Out of many, one ) emblazoned on the Great Seal. Yet free, liberal American society still faces certain structural problems in accommodating cultural anxieties, minority views, and significant heterodoxies. John D. Inazu takes stock of this ongoing problem and offers a theory of American jurisprudence that is intended to advance progress toward a formal legal regime that generally invites tolerance, humility, and ...
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Pluralism is one of the founding creeds of our United States of America, with the famous motto E pluribus unum ( Out of many, one ) emblazoned on the Great Seal. Yet free, liberal American society still faces certain structural problems in accommodating cultural anxieties, minority views, and significant heterodoxies. John D. Inazu takes stock of this ongoing problem and offers a theory of American jurisprudence that is intended to advance progress toward a formal legal regime that generally invites tolerance, humility, and patient persuasion. Inazu believes that member of our society can and must live together peaceably in spite of deep and irresolvable differences in our beliefs, values, identities, and groups. Written by the leading authority on the First Amendment, "Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference "invites people to have the courage in their convictions, to assume a confidence built on security and comfort, and to avoid civic engagements built on anxiety and chauvinism."
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