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Everybody happier: we all want that, but at what cost?
The utilitarians Bentham and Mill came up with measuring the moral value of behaviour by its contribution to human happiness. An ambitious idea, but…
Apr 20
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Kaj Jalving
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Tolerant according to Immanuel Kant
If the church is no longer in charge, how can we still know the difference between good and bad behaviour? Immanuel Kant showed how individuals could…
Apr 6
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March 2024
How we ended up in modernity
The Reformation brought us the dawn of modernity, bringing prosperity and unease. Here you can read how modernity still defines our society, and…
Mar 23
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Freedom of conscience as a right
You have the human right to say what you think and to worship who you want, even if others find your religion or your ideas objectionable. In this…
Mar 9
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February 2024
How we got freedom of conscience
For ages, freedom of conscience stood for impiety, immorality and anarchy. But in the 17th century, that started to change. In this article you'll read…
Feb 24
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The mediaeval conscience was different from ours
The medieval conscience was nominally free, but it gradually became more and more restricted by the church. About the history of conscience, from the…
Feb 10
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A free conscience: what is it, and how did we get it?
Freedom of conscience is an important topic; I have taken plenty of time to write the following articles. Why is it so important? To put it bluntly, I…
Feb 3
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A free conscience: what is it, and how did we get it?
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December 2023
With the arrival of a comet in 1680, the moral superiority of Christianity vanished
Does religion lead to more or less tolerance? Pierre Bayle dropped a bombshell in 1682: a society without religion was not such a bad idea at all. The…
Dec 30, 2023
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With the arrival of a comet in 1680, the moral superiority of Christianity vanished
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Religious toleration can be profitable
Religious pragmatism in the Early Modern Period, part 3: how 17th Century Netherlands and England discovered that religious toleration can make nations…
Dec 17, 2023
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The prince of Orange's brilliant compromise with religion in the Netherlands
The flexible Orange and the rigid Calvinists. Religious pragmatism in the Early Modern period part 2: The Netherlands. How religious toleration came…
Dec 9, 2023
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November 2023
When God's will leads to a civil war
What to do in the event of a religious uprising: compromise or take the plunge? Religious Pragmatism in the Early Modern age, Part 1: France, on the…
Nov 25, 2023
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Religious toleration? No way!
A century and a half of religious polarisation, segregation and war after the Reformation. Why it was impossible to reach an agreement: about tolerance…
Nov 12, 2023
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