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The Secular Conscience

Why belief belongs in public life.
by Austin Dacey, Ph.D.
Austin Dacey is the author of The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life. See full bio
November 2, 2009

Putting God out of the ethics business

Sometimes it is said that human life is valuable because we are made in the image of God. It is not that we find life to have worth because we believe we are made in the image of God, but rather that we believe we are made in the image of God because we find life to have worth. Read More

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