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Moderators
·Noga Arikha
·Gloria Origgi
Guest Panel
·Daniel Dennett
·Marcel Gauchet
·Sam Harris
·Avishai Margalit
·Roberta de Monticelli
·Thomas Nagel
·Fernando Savater
·Dan Sperber
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What is the role of secularism in contemporary politics, and what does it mean to be tolerant towards others' religious or non-religious views? Micromega is presenting a two-week long round-table to discuss these issues, with Roberta De Monticelli, Daniel Dennett, Paolo Flores d'Arcais, Marcel Gauchet, Sam Harris, Avishai Margalit, Thomas Nagel, Fernando Savater, Dan Sperber
Participation is open only to invited discussants, but you can follow the debate by clicking on the title on the right. In partnership with
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Some Questions about Secularism
Paolo Flores D'Arcais
How is it possible to maintain the neutrality between State and religion if political decisions include references to God? Such an inclusion, in fact, not only leads to the usual problems: which God? who is the authorized interpreter? how can one resolve the conflict between various and incompatible notions of “God’s will”? Even if these problems were resolvable, there would remain the issue of discrimination against those who do not believe in God and who become second-class citizens. Paolo Flores D'Arcais presents a series of questions to launch the debate on the role of secularism in contemporary democracies. Click on the title to visualize the text and the forum in a new page.
Date of publication: 10 October 2007
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