{"product_id":"9781610171410","title":"Conscience and Its Enemies: Confronting the Dogmas of Liberal Secularism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Brilliant . . . Should be required reading.”\u003c\/i\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommentary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As a critic of liberalism, George is devastating.\u003ci\u003e”\u003c\/i\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Puts George’s highly burnished philosophical and constitutional learning on full display . . . George speaks for a sizable number of conscientious objectors to America’s ruling liberal secularism.”\u003c\/i\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Could not be more timely. A treasure trove of thought-provoking reflections by one of the best minds of our time.” \u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMary Ann Glendon\u003c\/b\u003e, Harvard Law, from the foreword to the updated and expanded paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eConscience and Its Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssaults on religious liberty and traditional morality are growing fiercer. Here, at last, is the counterattack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised and updated paperback edition of the acclaimed \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConscience and Its Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e showcases the talents that have made Robert P. George one of America’s most influential thinkers. Here George explodes the myth that the secular elite represents the voice of reason. In fact, it is on the elite side of the cultural divide where the prevailing views are little more than articles of faith. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConscience and Its Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e reveals the bankruptcy of these too often smugly held orthodoxies while presenting powerfully reasoned arguments for classical virtues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn defending what James Madison called the “sacred rights of conscience”—rights for which government shows frightening contempt—George grapples with today’s most controversial issues: same-sex marriage, abortion, transgenderism, genetic manipulation, euthanasia and assisted suicide, religion in politics, judicial activism, and more. His brilliantly argued essays rely not on theological claims or religious authority but on established scientific facts and a philosophical tradition that extends back to Plato and Aristotle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConscience and Its Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e sets forth powerful arguments that secular liberals are unaccustomed to hearing—and that embattled defenders of traditional morality so often fail to marshal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ISI Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061257027824,"sku":"9781610171410","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781610171410_p0.jpg?v=1763840350","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781610171410","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}